KUANTAN - The lorry driver involved in the accident that claimed four lives at KM43 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak (KLK) Expressway yesterday has tested positive for drugs.
Bentong police chief Superintendent Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the 40-year-old man was taken to the Bentong district police headquarters for a urine screening test immediately after receiving treatment at the hospital.
"The screening test results found that the man was positive for methamphetamine, and he was arrested at about 4 am today,” he said in a statement today.
Earlier, it was also reported that the lorry driver had 15 traffic summonses on record.
In the incident, which occurred at about 4.30 pm, the trailer carrying a load of iron dust overturned onto a Honda City driven by a 55-year-old man, with three passengers aged between one and 58 years old travelling in the vehicle. - BERNAMA