Three members of a family killed early this morning after they were struck by a Malaysian Immigration Department lorry on Jalan Sultan Ismail were on holiday in the capital.
KUALA LUMPUR: Three members of a family killed early this morning after they were struck by a Malaysian Immigration Department lorry on Jalan Sultan Ismail were on holiday in the capital.
Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief ACP Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Isa, when contacted, disclosed that the victims were from Kampar, Perak.
He said the wife of the male victim who died in the crash is currently in the Red Zone of Kuala Lumpur Hospital in critical condition.
Mohd Zamzuri said police are in the process of obtaining remand orders for both the Immigration lorry driver and the Proton Saga driver involved in the crash.
By midday, Bernama noted that grieving family members had gathered at the hospital’s National Institute of Forensic Medicine.
A relative, who did not wish to be identified, said the post-mortem for the three deceased was still ongoing. It is also understood that the couple’s other child did not join the trip to the city.
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The crash occurred around 1 am, when an empty Isuzu Black Maria Immigration lorry was believed to be travelling from the Kuala Lumpur Immigration Office to Chow Kit for an operation against undocumented migrants.
It apparently entered the Maju Junction intersection while the traffic light at its lane was red, with its beacon lights and siren activated.
At the same time, a Proton Saga moving straight on a green light was reportedly unable to avoid the lorry and collided with it.
The impact sent the lorry careering out of control and into a skid, mowing down four pedestrians, who were members of the same family, along with an Inokom Matrix multi-purpose vehicle.
Three of the pedestrians, a 53-year-old man and his two daughters, aged 25 and 12, were killed at the scene. The mother, aged 55, was severely injured.
The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
