00:01A garbage truck is believed to have suffered brake failure before skidding out of control
00:05and crushing three parked cars at the Pantai Hill Park condominium in Kuala Lumpur,
00:10Sinar Harian reported on Wednesday.
00:13KL Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department Chief, ACP Mohamad Zamzuri.
00:17Mohamad Isas said the incident occurred around 4.10am.
00:21The truck driver, a 41-year-old local man, was not at the scene when police arrived.
00:26Efforts to trace the driver were carried out,
00:28and he was successfully located while receiving treatment for an injury to his left leg at a nearby hospital.
00:35Mohamad Zamzuri said,
00:36At the time of the incident, two Bangladeshi workers were carrying out garbage collection duties in the area.
00:43Fortunately, both workers were not injured, as they were on the road at the time of the incident.
00:48The driver later showed up at the Kuala Lumpur traffic police station at around 3.15pm
00:53to lodge a police report on the incident.
00:55A breathalyzer test returned no trace of alcohol.
00:58The truck will be sent to Puspakom for further inspection to determine the actual cause of the incident.
01:04The case is being investigated under Section 43, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act.
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