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New Straits Times
28-06-2025
- New Straits Times
Teen passenger dies after friend crashes car into parked lorry
HULU LANGAT: A 16-year-old passenger was killed after a car driven by his friend crashed into a parked lorry in Jalan Hulu Langat, Kampung Sungai Semungkis, this morning. The Fire and Rescue Department received a report on the incident at 2.32am. A team from the Bandar Tun Hussein Onn station was despatched to the scene. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department operations assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said upon arrival at 2.48am, the team found that a Proton Saga had crashed into the rear of a five-tonne Hicom lorry that was parked by the roadside. "The driver of the car, a 19-year-old man, sustained minor injuries and was pulled out by members of the public. "His passenger, a 16-year-old boy, was pronounced dead," he said today. He said the driver was taken to hospital for treatment, while the victim was handed over to police for further action.
New Straits Times
07-05-2025
- New Straits Times
Lorry driver killed in early-morning crash on Elite Highway
KUALA LUMPUR: A man was killed and two others sustained minor injuries in a two-lorry collision on the Elite Highway early Wednesday morning. According to the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department, the incident occurred at Km 9.9 of the highway heading toward KLIA from Subang. Emergency services were alerted at 5.48am, with fire crews from the Subang Jaya station arriving at the scene at 6.01am. The accident involved two Hicom 1-tonne lorries — one carrying a load of corn and the other transporting eggs. The driver of the corn-laden lorry, in his 40s, was found trapped in the driver's seat. Firefighters successfully extricated the victim at 6.15am, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel. Two men in their 30s, who were in the second lorry, suffered minor injuries. Both managed to exit the vehicle before firefighters arrived. A total of six fire and rescue personnel led by operations commander Syafiq Mohd Shukri responded to the call. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
