Five teens held for reckless riding, obstructing ambulance

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Police arrested five male teenagers following their dangerous motorcycle riding and obstruction of an ambulance's path at KM 249 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) southbound, near Kuala Kangsar, which recently went viral on social media.  The incident occurred on Oct 19 when a Ministry of Health ambulance was heading to an accident location at KM 260 of PLUS in the same direction before the emergency vehicle's route was obstructed by the group.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Police arrested five male teenagers for dangerous motorcycle riding and obstructing an ambulance

00:14on the North-South Expressway near Kuala Kangsa following a viral social media video.

00:20Perak Police Chief Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin said the incident took place on October 19

00:25at 3.15 p.m. when a Ministry of Health ambulance heading to an accident site

00:31at kilometer 260 was blocked by the group at kilometer 249 southbound.

00:38All the 17-year-old suspects were tracked in the vicinity of Bukit Murtajam, Penang,

00:44before they were arrested along with five motorcycles on Monday. They were then taken

00:48to Kuala Kangsa Magistrates Court on Tuesday and have been remanded for two days until October 29

00:55to assist investigations under section 42 subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987.

01:03Noor Hisam emphasized that police view the incident seriously as it involves public safety and will

01:10take firm action. He urged the public to report incidents violating road laws to ensure the safety

01:16of all road users.

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