Speeding Lorry Runs Over 3 Motorcyclists Killing Two Of Them On The Spot
Two motorcyclists were killed while a pillion lost both legs after a sand lorry lost control along the Pasir Gudang Highway near Taman Daya and crashed head-on into the victims.
By Sadho Ram — 05 Jan 2014, 02:46 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Two motorcyclists were killed while a pillion lost both legs after a sand lorry lost control
The fatal accident happened along the Pasir Gudang Highway near Taman Daya and crashed head-on into the victims early this morning.
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The sand lorry which lost control and crashed into three motorcyclists, killing two and injuring the third person in Johor Baru.
Image via googleusercontent.comIt is learnt that the lorry driver, en route to the city centre, lost control of his vehicle and swerved to the opposite lane before colliding with the motorcyclists at about 7.45am.
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The dead are Mohd Nazrin Kahar, 40, (pic left) and Lam Khoon Yen (pic, right), 54, while the injured victim is only known as Tan, in his 40s
All three were riding on separate motorcycles when the lorry rammed into them.
thestar.com.my31-year-old Ridwan Abd Rashid, a witness at the scene of accident, said the whole incident happened so fast that he was shocked to see the lorry crashing into the lane for oncoming traffic
“I was driving my car behind the motorcyclists and saw all of them being run over by the lorry. I quickly stopped to help them but two of them had died while the other was bleeding profusely,” he said.
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Johor Baru South OCPD Assistant Commissioner Sulaiman Salleh said initial investigations revealed that the lorry driver lost control of his vehicle
The 29-year-old lorry driver had since been detained to assist in investigations.
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ACP Sulaiman added that the bodies had been sent to Hospital Sultan Ismail for a post-mortem and the surviving victim was also being treated there.
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The family member of deceased Mohd Nazrin Kahar and Lam Khoon Yen are in shock
Mohd Nazrin’s mother Rabiah Lip, 64, was in shock.
“I saw him three days ago, and now he is gone,” she said.
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Lam Khoon Yen, one of the two motorcyclists who were killed in crash with a lorry in Johor Baru.
Image via googleusercontent.comLam’s son, Kwan Cheng, 24, said that he would cherish the memories he had of his father.
“My father usually never goes out, but he insisted on treating our family to a meal on Friday. That will be my last memory of him,” he said.
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