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Salesman remanded 3 days for driving against traffic on highway

34-year-old suspect  is being investigated under Section 42(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 13 Nov 2020 3:00PM

Salesman remanded 3 days for driving against traffic on highway
The suspect, a salesman in Port Klang who tried to evade a roadblock by driving against the traffic on the north-bound side of the North-South Highway,  being brought to the Tapah Magistrate’s Court today –  Bernama pic, November 13, 2020

TAPAH – A man has been remanded for three days for investigations after he allegedly drove against the traffic at 355.4km on the north-bound side of the North-South Highway, near Bidor here, on Wednesday.

Tapah district police chief Supt Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail said the 34-year-old suspect, a salesman in Port Klang, is being investigated under Section 42(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.

“The three-day remand order was granted by the Tapah Magistrate’s Court today,” he told Bernama when contacted.

The man was driving a Perodua Axia from Klang, Selangor to Bidor for Deepavali celebration at about 6pm when he was said to have made a u-turn at the Sungkai exit on seeing a roadblock and then drove against the traffic for 1.4 km on the highway.

Wan Azharuddin said a Toyota Rush and a trailer crashed while trying to avoid the Perodua Axia but no one was injured in the incident. – Bernama, November 13, 2020

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