Use real-time monitoring tech to check lorry driver behaviours, says expert

KUALA LUMPUR: Using real-time monitoring technology on moving lorries can help reduce the risk of accidents caused by human factors, says a Universiti Teknologi Malaysia expert. Automotive and transportation engineering expert Dr Mohd Azman Abas said it is crucial to track critical elements of drivers’ attitudes, behaviours, and physical condition in real-time to boost road safety. Dr...

Mother wants justice for daughter killed by toppled container

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The grieving mother of the woman who was killed in a tragic accident here wants justice to be served on those responsible. Lim Sheau Ling, 42, is calling for legal action against the truck driver and the company involved. ALSO READ: Family mourns Penang woman crushed to death by container Her 21-year-old daughter, Lee Zi Rou, was...

Penang woman crushed to death by container called mother with dying breath

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Crushed under a cargo container, Lee Zi Rou summoned the last of her strength to call her mother. "Mummy! It hurts so much!" the 21-year-old woman gasped into her handphone. Her mother, 42-year-old Lim, frantically asked her daughter where she was but was met with silence. "I sensed she had died," said Lim in a video...

Motorist killed by falling container in Penang

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A woman was killed on the spot when a container being transported on a trailer lorry toppled and crushed her car near Bukit Tengah here. The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Lee Zi Rou, who was pronounced dead at the scene. It is learnt the woman was waiting at the Jalan Kebun Sireh-Jalan Bukit...

Armed Forces trailer overturns on KL-Karak Highway, heavy traffic reported

KUALA LUMPUR: An armoured vehicle transporter owned by the Malaysian Armed Forces overturned following an accident on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak (KLK) Highway Thursday (Nov 7) afternoon. Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Mohammad Ab Rahman said that the transporter, which was carrying two Adnan armoured vehicles from a unit based in Mentakab, Pahang, was en...

River Valley fatal accident: Maid charged with rash act over death of 4-year-old girl

SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid was charged on Wednesday (Nov 6) with causing grievous hurt by performing a rash act in an accident in River Valley that killed a four-year-old girl. Lilyana Eva, 32, is accused of committing the offence shortly before 5pm on Jan 23. According to court documents, she allegedly failed to ensure the safety of...

Man dies after motorcycle collides with road divider in Johor

KLUANG: A 20-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle collided with a road divider at KM58 of the North-South Expressway (NSE) here. Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said the incident occurred at 7.15pm on Saturday (Oct 12) when the victim was on his way to the Pagoh National Youth Skills Training Institute. “The victim, a...

QuickCheck: Was a riderless motorcycle travelling along the Federal Highway recently?

WITH Halloween just a few weeks away, tales with a tinge of the spooky would go viral quickly - and vehicles travelling without anyone on them could very well tick all the boxes here. Recently, a video went viral of a riderless motorcycle along with the claim that it was taken along the Federal Highway near...

QuickCheck: Did a person jump on several moving cars in Selangor?

Imagine that while you were on your mid-morning drive, a man came out of nowhere and jumped on your car to the car next to you while you were still moving. Now, that would startle anyone and could result in an accident. While this action movie-like scene sounds out of the ordinary, did a person really jump...

Teaches cheats death after car crashes into elephant in Johor

MERSING: A teacher escaped death after her car crashed into an elephant at Kilometre 6 Jalan Nitar-Mersing here Monday, says Mersing Deputy OCPD DSP Sharif Shai Sharif Mondoi. He added that investigations revealed that the woman, 30, was driving an MPV from Endau to Kahang, Kluang when she hit the elephant that was in her path. "The...