Elderly motorcyclist killed in multi-vehicle crash in Batu Pahat
The Star Online - News·2025-07-11 14:00
BATU PAHAT: A 70-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a five-vehicle crash at KM122 of the Johor Baru–Melaka road in Tanjung Laboh here.
Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the incident occurred at about 6.20pm on Thursday (July 10) when the victim attempted to make a left turn into the main road towards Batu Pahat town.
"He collided with a Proton Saga driven by a 35-year-old man, which was heading straight from the town centre towards Tanjung Laboh.
"The impact caused the car to hit a Perodua Axia, which then veered into the opposite lane and crashed into a Perodua Kancil and a Perodua Viva," he said in a press statement on Friday (July 11).
The elderly rider sustained severe injuries to the head and limbs as well as internal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
ACP Shahrulanuar Mushaddat added that the Proton Saga driver sustained serious head injuries while the drivers of the other two cars sustained minor injuries and were all treated at Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail here.
The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
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DCCP 11/07/2025
It is certainly heartbreaking to have a 70-year-old motorcyclist life be brutally cut short in this horrific manner Hopefully further investigation into the matter will afford the deceased families some closure for the unspeakable horrific tragedy.
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