Slim River: A trailer driver was killed and three others injured in a collision involving three lorries and a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) at KM 366 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) southbound near Slim River last night.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad stated that the department received a distress call at 10.36 pm, after which firefighters from the Slim River and Bidor stations were dispatched to the scene. ‘Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters found a 40-year-old male victim trapped in the cab of the trailer. He was confirmed dead at the scene,’ he said in a statement this morning.

He explained that two other victims, a lorry driver and his attendant, both 28, who were transporting pipes, sustained minor injuries. He added that the 28-year-old driver of a five-tonne lorry carrying motorcycles suffered a leg injury, while the 37-year-old driver and 32-year-old passenger of the Toyota Unser MPV escaped unhurt.

Sabarodzi noted that the operation was completed at 1.09 am. Meanwhile, PLUS, in a statement on its Facebook page last night, mentioned that the accident caused a traffic congestion of six kilometres southbound and four kilometres northbound. All lanes had to be temporarily closed to allow the involved vehicles to be cleared.