3 killed, 2 injured in 3-vehicle crash in Segamat

 A trailer driver who tested positive for methamphetamine has been detained to assist the investigation.

The crash, which occurred at the Taman Golden Hill intersection in Gemas Baharu, involved a van, a trailer lorry and a 10-tonne lorry. (JBPM pic)

JOHOR BAHRU:

 Three people were killed while two others sustained minor injuries in a road accident involving three vehicles at KM212 of the Johor Bahru-Seremban road yesterday.

Johor police chief Ab Rahaman Arsad said the incident, which took place at around 3.45pm, occurred when a trailer driven by a local man crashed into the rear of a van carrying the victims.

“Due to the impact, the van lost control before entering the opposite lane and colliding with the front of a lorry,” he said in a statement today.

Three of the victims in the van were pronounced dead at the scene due to severe injuries.

Two others sustained minor injuries and were taken to Segamat Hospital for treatment. The drivers of the lorry and the trailer were not injured.

The trailer driver was detained to assist in the investigation. His urine test was positive for methamphetamine.

The case is being investigated under Section 44(1)(a) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for driving under the influence of drugs and causing death, as well as Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for consuming drugs.

The trailer driver will be brought to the Segamat magistrates’ court today for a remand application.

Johor police urged members of the public with information related to the incident to come forward to assist the investigation.

Meanwhile, the Johor fire and rescue department said the incident, which occurred at the Taman Golden Hill intersection in Gemas Baharu, involved a van, a trailer lorry and a 10-tonne lorry.

Operations commander Zainal Abidin Che Deraman said that rescue operations to free the trapped victims, as well as work to clear the accident site, ended at 5.35pm. - FMT