Two killed after car slams into lorry

Again, my heart goes to the deceased! Reading about these Two killed after car slams into lorry, saddens me, in that, the car slams into the crashed truck. Definitely the car driver has not practiced 'defensive driving' at all. He might have been a very im-patient driver in the first place.

I have came across multiple offences committed by many drivers in Malaysia, and accidents of these types are not surprising at all. The statistics of road-accident-related death are definitly of the high, and is a high contribution to the losses of the country, money-wise as well as population-wise.

I only hoped that continous enforcement and monitoring by the enforcement forces (once they sort their corruption problems), and more safety-conscious individual drivers in the future might see a reduction to cases of traffic accidents, as well as the number of death! Better Road design and a revamp of the road regulation and rules could help too!


The Star Online > Nation

Thursday June 9, 2005
Two killed after car slams into lorry

SEREMBAN: Two people were killed and six others injured in a road crash involving a car and a lorry at the 282.5th kilometre of the North-South Expressway near here on Tuesday night.

The dead were identified as R. Rani, 30, and V. Valiamal, 66, while the injured were driver M. Periyakaruppan, 30, his children P. Thulasinee, five, and V. Kannan, 16, lorry driver Azmi Mohd Nor, 38, and two others in the lorry, Mohamad Zaki Jamaludin, 14, and Mohd Anuar Abdullah, 16.

State Traffic Police Chief ASP Mohd Shahar Ibrahim said the car hit the back of the lorry after the lorry skidded and rammed the road divider.

Periyakaruppan and his two children were admitted to the Seremban Hospital, while the three from the lorry received outpatient treatment. – Bernama


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