ALOR GAJAH, Oct 25 — An express bus driver was killed after the vehicle he was driving crashed into the rear of a lorry at KM220.7 of the North-South Expressway northbound, near here, early this morning.
Alor Gajah district police chief Superintendent, Arshad Abu, said that, in the 1.30 am incident, the victim, Zainuddin Jaidun, 49, suffered injuries to the body, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Three of the bus passengers sustained injuries to the leg; one was injured in the head, while two others sustained minor injuries and one escaped unhurt.
“At the time of the incident, the victim was ferrying seven passengers travelling from Singapore to Seremban Bus Terminal, while the lorry, laden with steel coil, was from Melaka heading to Rawang.
“Preliminary investigations found that the victim’s bus crashed into the rear of a moving lorry driven by a 52-year-old man,” he said in a statement here today.
Arshad said that the victim was trapped due to the impact of the collision, but was successfully removed by the firefighters; his body was taken to the Forensic Unit of Alor Gajah Hospital for a post-mortem.
He added that the lorry driver was unhurt, and had been asked to come to the Alor Gajah traffic police station for further investigation.
“All bus passengers, including a Singaporean and a Myanmar national, were taken to Rembau Hospital and Seremban Hospital to receive treatment.
“The vehicles were taken to the Alor Gajah traffic police station, to be taken to Puspakom for inspection, and the case is being investigated under Section 41 (1) Road Transport Act (APJ) 1987,” he said.
— Bernama
