Container lorry crashes through highway divider in Simpang Renggam – one dead, several injured

Another lorry crash has occurred this morning, this time on the North-South expressway from Simpang Renggam to Machap.

The earliest official report from the PLUS Trafik X/Twitter channel states that the incident occurred at 8:09am, at KM69.5 northbound from Simpang Renggam to Machap, resulting in the obstruction of all lanes at the time. As of 11:01am, PLUS Trafik stated that all northbound lanes remained obstructed, with relocation works underway. Contraflow traffic has been activated from KM72 to KM69 on the right-hand-side lane of the southbound side of the highway.

According to handheld video on X/Twitter, a passenger car involved was carrying three occupants, while a motorcyclist was also involved and has died at the scene. At the time, the alleged cause of the incident was a blowout of the lorry’s tyre, causing the lorry to go out of control.

Today’s lorry crash involving other passenger vehicles comes after a prior incident in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, where a container lorry was depicted taking an intersection at speed, and the container on its trailer dislodged and fell on a car stopped in traffic at the intersection. The 21-year-old driver of the passenger vehicle succumbed to her injuries.

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