MAF truck crash: Car's failed overtaking manoeuvre may have caused crash

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A sedan driver's failure to overtake another vehicle is believed to have been the cause of a fatal accident involving a Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) truck at KM 37.8 of Jalan Kota Baru-Kuala Krai, near Bukit Belah, on Thursday (Dec 11).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4hdyetwh  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00One Malaysian Armed Forces personnel was killed, and four others were injured after a sedan

00:08attempting to overtake another vehicle collided head-on with an army truck on Thursday evening.

00:15Machang Police Chief Superintendent Ahmad Shafiki Husein said the crash happened at

00:20kilometer 37.8 of Jalan Kota Baru Kuala Krai, near Bukit Bela, at around 6.35 p.m.

00:28The army's three-ton truck, carrying four personnel, including the driver, was traveling

00:34from Tanamera back to Desapalawan camp in Koklanas when the car suddenly veered into the opposite lane.

00:41Preliminary investigations show the sedan driver was trying to overtake another vehicle,

00:47leaving the truck driver with no time to avoid the impact.

00:51One MAF personnel died at the scene.

00:53Three others suffered minor injuries, while the car driver was seriously hurt.

00:59All were taken to Machang Hospital.

01:01Police are investigating the case under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act, 1987.

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