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
