Lorry driver in fatal Karak crash tests positive for drugs

15 Jun 2026 • 9:19 AM MYT
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The lorry driver involved in a crash that killed four on the KLK Expressway has tested positive for methamphetamine

KUANTAN: The lorry driver involved in the accident that claimed four lives at KM43 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak (KLK) Expressway yesterday has tested positive for drugs.

Bentong police chief Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the 40-year-old man was taken to the Bentong district police headquarters for a urine screening test immediately after receiving treatment at the hospital.

“The screening test results found that the man was positive for methamphetamine, and he was arrested at about 4 am today,” he said in a statement today.

Earlier, it was also reported that the lorry driver had 15 traffic summonses on record.

In the incident, which occurred at about 4.30 pm, the trailer carrying a load of iron dust overturned onto a Honda City driven by a 55-year-old man, with three passengers aged between one and 58 years old travelling in the vehicle.

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