Driver on rampage hits 2 cars, 2 motorcycles in George Town

 The 50-year-old man and four others land in hospital with serious injuries.

The driver crashed into a car on Jalan Perak and continued his rampage until he reached the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway, police said.

GEORGE TOWN:

 A driver on a rampage collided with two cars and two motorcycles before he himself was hospitalised along with four others here last night.

Five people were seriously injured and one slightly hurt in the incident that stretched from Jalan Perak to the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway, police said.

Northeast district police chief Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the car driven by the 50-year-old man hit the back of another car driven by a 44-year-old woman at the Jalan Perak traffic light junction at about 8.30pm.

”The man continued driving and hit two motorcycles at separate locations on Jalan Perak before rear-ending a second car on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway,” he said in a statement today.

He said the driver suffered serious injuries.

Also seriously injured were the two motorcyclists and one pillion rider, and the driver whose car he crashed into on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway.

He said the case is being investigated under Section 42 of the Road Transport Act 1987 for dangerous driving. - FMT