JOHOR BARU: A 27-year-old motorcyclist has been killed after he was thrown off a bridge following a collision on the North-South Expressway (NSE) here.
Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said the accident occurred at about 8am on Thursday (June 11) at KM1.5 of the NSE heading towards the city centre.
He said road conditions were wet due to rain and traffic was moving slowly at the time.
ACP Raub said the victim, who worked as a storekeeper in Singapore, was on his way to work when another motorcycle ridden by a 27-year-old man crashed into him.
He said the victim was thrown from his motorcycle and fell off the bridge onto the Pasir Gudang Highway below.
"The victim suffered severe head injuries and a fractured left leg. He was pronounced dead at the scene," he said.
The other motorcyclist fractured his left arm, injured his face and right arm and is receiving treatment at the Hospital Sultan Ismail.
The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
