This is another horrific accident where vehicle maintenance and or driver negligence is at fault. The video from the highway operator shows the lorry not braking (it seems the brakes failed) and slamming straight into the Nissan X-Trail. The X-Trail ‘stopped’ the lorry from going any further and the lorry driver and also lorry owner must be investigated for ‘lack of vehicle maintenance’ and also for ‘state of mind’ of the driver.
Here below is the media statement from the Kajang Police Department
Sadly a 12-month-old baby boy died while eight others were injured in an accident involving four vehicles at the Bukit Kajang Toll Plaza here on Saturday.
In the incident, the accident involved a three-ton lorry carrying worn-out goods, a four-wheel drive Nissan X-Trail vehicle belonging to the Public Works Department (JKR), a Honda City car and a Proton X70.
Assistant Director of the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Operations Division, Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said his department received an emergency call at 11am.
“A total of six members and officers from the Bangi Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) rushed to the scene of the incident.
“We arrived about 11 minutes later and found a baby boy trapped under the Nissan X-Trail car. The victim was successfully removed at 11.30am but was confirmed dead by the Ministry of Health Malaysia (KKM) personnel,” he said in a statement on Saturday.
Ahmad Mukhlis said a man who was also trapped under the same vehicle was successfully removed 10 minutes earlier and sent to hospital for treatment.
“Seven more victims who suffered injuries were taken to hospital by the KKM medical team before the fire brigade arrived,” he said.
By the way, a PDRM study showed that only 69 cases of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs on Malaysian roads were attributed to fatal crashes between 2011 and July 2021 (there should be a new study done and updated), while the statistics showed that negligent driving while exiting or coming into a junction caused 6,590 fatal accidents during the same period.
