Pakatan Harapan representative J. Samivel dies in a road accident involving a lorry in Jasin ahead of the Melaka state election.
MELAKA: Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) representative for its Asahan candidate in the 16th Melaka State Election was killed in a road accident in Jasin today.
Jasin district police chief Supt Lee Robert said police received a report about the accident at Jalan Pondok Batang at 12.45 pm, involving a vehicle driven by the victim, J. Samivel, and a lorry.
He said Samivel died at the scene, while the lorry driver was uninjured.
“Investigations found that the accident occurred when the victim was travelling from Nyalas towards Asahan, while the lorry was travelling in the opposite direction. Upon reaching the location of the incident, the victim attempted to turn right towards the Asahan PH operations room.
“At that point, the lorry, which was travelling straight along its rightful lane, was unable to avoid the victim’s vehicle and collided with it,” he said in a statement.
Lee said the 26-year-old lorry driver was taken to the Jasin District Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division for a urine screening test.
Samivel, 62, was the representative of the PH candidate for Asahan, P. Denesh.
Polling day for the Melaka election is Saturday.
