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DASH Expressway records first fatality

24-year-old food delivery rider skidded, hit road divider, report says

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 20 Oct 2022 2:57PM

DASH Expressway records first fatality
Petaling Jaya district police chief Fhakhrudin Abdul Hamid says the 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for post-mortem. – ABDUL RAZAK LATIF/The Vibes pic, October 20, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – The Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH), which opened last Friday, recorded the first fatal accident involving a food delivery man when the motorcycle he was riding skidded and hit a road divider on the expressway last night.

Petaling Jaya district police chief Fhakhrudin Abdul Hamid said police received a report on the incident that happened at KM15.7 from Penchala to Denai Alam at 12.05am (today).

He said the 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for post-mortem.

“Further investigations are ongoing and the case is being investigated under Section 41 of the Road Transport Act 1987,” he said in a statement today.

He urged the public with information on the incident to contact traffic investigation officer Muhammad Hisyam Azih at 017-737-8704 to assist with the investigation.

The 20.1km highway with 13 interchanges was opened at 12.01am last Friday.

DASH connects three major highways, namely the Guthrie Corridor Highway, the Damansara-Puchong Highway and the Western Kuala Lumpur Traffic Distribution Scheme Highway. – Bernama, October 20, 2022

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