IPOH, Oct 1 (Bernama) -- A police officer was killed, and two others were injured in an accident involving two trailer lorries and a car at Kilometre 85.3 on the Kuala Kangsar-Pengkalan Hulu Road, near Kampung Tawai in Gerik, early this morning.
Gerik Police Chief Supt Abdul Samad Othman said the 1.50 am incident involved a Mercedes-Benz lorry loaded with logs, a Scania cargo trailer carrying fertiliser, and a Toyota Vios car driven by the police officer.
“Preliminary investigations found that the fertiliser-laden trailer lorry, driven by a 23-year-old man from Kuala Kangsar heading towards Gerik, lost control before skidding and colliding with the right side of the log-loaded trailer driven by a 59-year-old man coming from the opposite direction.
"As a result of the collision, the fertiliser trailer veered into the opposite lane and struck the Toyota Vios driven by a 42-year-old police officer from the Gerik District Police Headquarters,” he said in a statement today.
He said that the police officer was confirmed dead at the scene, and the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
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