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Six-vehicle crash after elderly driver suffers chest pains

59-year-old’s car strays into oncoming traffic, triggering multiple collisions in Balik Pulau

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 12 Jun 2023 7:45AM

Six-vehicle crash after elderly driver suffers chest pains

BALIK PULAU – An elderly woman who suffered chest pains while behind the wheel ended up straying into the opposite lane, leading to a crash involving six vehicles in an incident along Jalan Balik Pulau here yesterday.

Southwest district police chief Kamarul Rizal Jenal said two people were seriously hurt in the 9am incident, which involved three cars and three motorcycles. 

He said the 59-year-old driver experienced chest pains while driving from Balik Pulau town. Her car strayed into the opposite lane before colliding with a car coming from Simpang Empat. 

“Three other motorcyclists could not swerve in time, with one of them ending up crashing into another car parked near a restaurant,” he said in a statement yesterday. 

Besides the two seriously injured victims, four others were given outpatient treatment at Balik Pulau Hospital.

The case is being investigated under Section 43 of the Road Transport Act 1987. – Bernama, June 12, 2023

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