A SHOCKING video circulating on social media showed an SUV being stuck on a railway track, said to be in Klang.
In the video, a man, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, was seen being assisted by several others out of the railway area.
Did the man drive his vehicle onto the railway tracks and get stuck as claimed?
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A 60-year-old man drove an SUV onto railway tracks and travelled about 130m before the vehicle became stuck at the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) station in Jalan Limbungan, Klang, on Sunday night (Oct 11).
South Klang OCPD Asst Comm Lim Jit Huey confirmed the incident, which went viral on social media.
He said preliminary investigations found that the man, who was from Kuala Lumpur, was believed to be on his way home when the incident occurred at about 11.40pm.
“The man drove onto the railway tracks before his vehicle travelled about 130m and became stuck,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (Oct 13).
ACP Lim said KTMB personnel removed the vehicle from the tracks at about 1.40am.
The case was being investigated by KTMB under Section 62 of the Railway Act 1991, including an allegation that the man had been driving under the influence of alcohol.
