00:00A 22-year-old Pakistani man was killed in a tragic head-on collision between a car and
00:05a trailer lorry at kilometre 67.5 of Jalan Johor Bahru Mersing on Saturday night.
00:12Kota Tinggi OCPD Superintendent Yusuf Othman said police received a report about the accident
00:18at around 10.45pm.
00:20Preliminary investigations suggested that the victim's car, travelling from Mersing
00:25towards Kota Tinggi, attempted to overtake another vehicle but failed to avoid an oncoming
00:31trailer lorry from the opposite direction.
00:33The impact of the crash left the victim trapped inside his vehicle and he was pronounced dead
00:38at the scene.
00:39Authorities confirmed that the 57-year-old trailer lorry driver sustained no injuries.
00:45The case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act
00:511987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
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