A five-year-old girl died after a three-vehicle collision on the Seremban-Port Dickson Expressway during heavy rain and poor lighting conditions
PORT DICKSON: A five-year-old girl was killed in a three-vehicle collision on the Seremban-Port Dickson Expressway yesterday evening.
The crash occurred at about 6.54 pm at KM16.6 of the highway heading towards Seremban.
Port Dickson District Police chief Supt Maslan Udin said the incident involved a PLUS emergency response lorry, a PLUS patrol four-wheel-drive vehicle and a Honda CR-V carrying the victim.
The girl, seated in the front passenger seat of the Honda, suffered severe head injuries.
She was pronounced dead while receiving treatment at UCSI Hospital here at about 8.10 pm.
Preliminary investigations found the PLUS lorry and patrol vehicle had stopped in the emergency lane to assist another vehicle that had skidded off the road.
“It was raining heavily at the time, and the area was dark without street lighting,” Maslan said in a statement today.
He said the Honda CR-V, travelling in the same direction, was believed to have lost control.
It then skidded and crashed into the rear of the PLUS lorry, causing it to lurch forward and hit the back of the patrol vehicle.
The child’s parents were also injured in the accident and are receiving treatment at Port Dickson and UCSI Hospital.
Investigations are ongoing under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless or dangerous driving causing death.
