Two killed in lorry-trailer collision in Temerloh

Two foreign men were killed when the lorry they were riding in skidded and collided with an oncoming trailer before both vehicles plunged into a ravine at Jalan Utama Bukit Damar, Lanchang, Temerloh last night.

Temerloh district police chief Mazlan Hassan said in the accident at about 9.26pm, the lorry passengers, a 35-year-old Pakistani and a 37-year-old Bangladeshi, were confirmed dead at the scene of the incident.

“Preliminary investigations found that the accident occurred when the lorry driver was heading towards Kuantan from Raub. Upon arriving at the scene, the truck skidded to the left of the road, re-entered the main road and went to the opposite lane.

“Suddenly a trailer emerged and collided with the lorry and both vehicles fell into a 20m-deep ravine on the right side of the road,” he said in a statement today.

Mazlan said the 38-year-old trailer driver was injured and is receiving treatment at Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital in Temerloh.

He also said a post-mortem will be conducted after the results of Covid-19 tests on the deceased are obtained. The case is investigated under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.

- Bernama

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