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Malay Mail
16-05-2025
- Malay Mail
How low can you go? Lorry gets wedged under tunnel after driver ignores height limits in Labis
SEGAMAT, May 16 — A man's failure to heed height restrictions caused the lorry he was driving to become lodged inside a tunnel at Bukit Kecewa, Jalan Ibrahim, Labis, yesterday. The 4.28pm incident severely damaged the top of the vehicle after it collided with the tunnel's three-metre-high ceiling, Harian Metro reported. Segamat district police chief Superintendent Ahmad Zamry Marinsah told the Malay daily that the lorry was travelling from Labis to Selangor when the accident occurred. 'Fortunately, the driver was unharmed. The case is being investigated under Section 79(2) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for failing to comply with traffic signals,' he said. The driver was reportedly unaware of the vehicle's height upon reaching the tunnel, causing the upper section of the lorry to get stuck. This marks the second time a lorry has become trapped in the tunnel, following a similar incident several years ago.
Free Malaysia Today
14-05-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Driver dies in 2-lorry crash in Seremban
The victim's lorry following the crash this morning. (PDRM pic) PETALING JAYA : A man died after the lorry he was driving rammed into the rear of another lorry carrying gas on KM244.8 of the North-South Expressway (southbound) in Seremban today. The driver, 56, died of severe head injuries at the scene in the 6.10am incident, Sinar Harian reported. Seremban police chief Hatta Che Din said both lorries were on their way from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru. The driver of the other lorry was uninjured. Hatta said the victim's body was sent to Rembau Hospital's forensic department for an autopsy. He said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless and dangerous driving.
Malay Mail
13-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Driver killed as lorry carrying tar skids and overturns on steep bend in Balik Pulau
BALIK PULAU, May 13 — A lorry carrying a load of tar skidded before overturning at a bend in Jalan Tun Sardon, Kampung Pondok Upih near JTS Viewing Point here, last night. In the incident, the lorry driver, a 44-year-old man, died from serious injuries after being trapped in the cabin behind the driver's seat. Penang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant operations director, John Sagun Francis said JBPM received an emergency call at 10.22 pm and dispatched a fire engine with nine personnel to the scene. 'The accident involved a lorry carrying tar which skidded off the shoulder of a hilly area and overturned, causing the victim to be thrown and trapped in the lorry's cabin behind the driver's seat. 'Firemen took more than two hours to stabilise the vehicle before the trapped victim could be extricated at 12.48 midnight with special equipment,' he said in a statement today. He said the body was then handed over to the police for further action and the operation ended at 1.35 am. — Bernama
