Malaysia

Driver who rammed six motorcyclists exceeded alcohol limit: police

26-year-old local out on bail, says Petaling Jaya top cop

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 05 Jun 2023 4:31PM

Driver who rammed six motorcyclists exceeded alcohol limit: police
Petaling Jaya district police Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid (pic) says the 26-year-old Malaysian is currently receiving treatment at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre here for a broken shoulder. – Bernama pic, June 5, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – The car driver who ploughed into six motorcyclists sheltering from the rain under a flyover at Kilometre 19.6 of the Klang Valley New Expressway southbound near Petaling Jaya yesterday has been released on police bail.

Petaling Jaya district police Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said the 26-year-old Malaysian is currently receiving treatment at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre here for a broken shoulder.

He said police had completed recording his statement yesterday.

“The result of the urine screening found that the man was negative for drug use, but the alcohol test found that the alcohol level in his body exceeded the permitted level,” said Fakhrudin when contacted today.

He said police had also recorded statements of a few others and were still investigating the case.

Three motorcyclists were killed and three others were injured when a car ploughed into them as they were seeking shelter from the rain under the overhead bridge along the NKVE near Petaling Jaya at 5.59am yesterday.

Preliminary investigations found that the car driver, who was from the federal capital heading to Cyberjaya, had lost control of his vehicle before crashing into the victims. – Bernama, June 6, 2023

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