Road accidents often occur due to human errors, mechanical failures, or factors outside of one’s control such as heart attacks.
Two motorcyclists were tragically killed in an accident involving seven vehicles after a lorry driver suffered a heart attack and crashed his vehicle into them.
M’sian lorry driver suffers heart attack, collides into 6 other vehicles
As reported by Harian Metro, the accident took place along Jalan Bukit Dugang-Desa Putra in Sepang at around 9.10am yesterday (Jul 17).
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In a statement by Sepang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof, he said the lorry was driving from Putrajaya towards Jenderam when the driver reportedly suffered a heart attack.
He then lost control of the vehicle and it veered into the opposite lane, where it crashed into four cars and two motorcycles.
MalaysiaGazette reported that the lorry then fell into a drain after colliding with the other vehicles.
2 motorcyclists killed
Unfortunately, two individuals didn’t survive the accident, with one of dying at the scene while the other died while receiving treatment at the Putrajaya Hospital.
![M'Sian Lorry Driver Suffers Heart Attack, Crashes Into 6 Vehicles | Weirdkaya Motorcycle of accident victim in sepang](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/wp-content/uploads/motorcycle-of-accident-victim-in-sepang.jpg)
One of them was identified as Mohamad Firdaus Yahya, an accountant at Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), while the other victim’s identify remain unknown.
Wan Kamarul said the lorry driver is currently being treated for his injuries at the Putrajaya Hospital and that police are probing the case under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless driving.
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