00:01A lorry driver was killed after being struck by his own vehicle when he reportedly failed
00:07to engage the handbrake at his home in Jalan Delima, Felda Bukit Bersar, Kota Tinggi, on
00:13Saturday evening.
00:14Mohamed Rizwan Osman, 37, is believed to have tried to stop the moving Nissan Rigid
00:20dumper shortly after braking fast.
00:22Kota Tinggi OCPD Superintendent Yusuf Othman said police were alerted at 7.45pm, while
00:30firefighters who received an emergency call at 7.42pm found the victim pinned beneath the
00:36one-ton lorry.
00:37He was pronounced dead at the scene from severe internal injuries.
00:41The body was sent to Kota Tinggi Hospital for a post-mortem.
00:44The case is being investigated under section 41, subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987.
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