SEREMBAN: The driver of a sand-laden lorry involved in a fatal accident with five other vehicles has tested positive for drugs.
Nilai deputy police chief Mat Ghani Lateh said the accident happened at the traffic light intersection along Persiaran Golf, Nilai, yesterday.
He said the 30-year-old driver’s urine sample tested positive for methamphetamine.
The man has been remanded for four days until Oct 1 and the case is being investigated under Section 44(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, he told Bernama today.
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The lorry driver and four others involved in the accident were not injured.
Initial investigations showed that the lorry driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into five cars that stopped at the traffic lights.
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