KULAI: A female Singaporean has been killed and her boyfriend badly injured after the motorcycle they were on crashed along the North-South Expressway near Sedenak here. Kulai OCPD Asst Comm Tan Seng Lee said police were notified about the fatal accident at around 9.15am on Tuesday (Dec 10). "The high-powered motorcycle, driven by a 23-year-old Singaporean man...
SEPANG: A food delivery man was killed when he was hit by a car driven by a woman at a traffic light intersection in Jalan Taman Emas, Puchong, on Friday (Dec 6). Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Norhizam Bahaman said the incident occurred when the 27-year-old victim, who was riding a motorcycle, was waiting for a red...
Dedicated motorcycle lanes offer a safer journey when riding on highways, but some bikers still choose not to use them. Studies by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) suggest that motorcycle lane utilisation rates are still low despite their effectiveness and efforts to promote their usage. StarMetro spoke to motorcyclists who blamed poor road maintenance,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Three people were killed while a baby was injured in a road accident here. The incident occurred early Thursday (Nov 21) morning along KM2 of the Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (Duke), heading towards the Segambut toll plaza from Sungai Buloh. When contacted Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said that the accident occurred...
KUALA LUMPUR: Three people were killed while a baby was injured in a road accident here. The incident occurred early Thursday (Nov 21) morning along KM2 of the Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (Duke), heading towards the Segambut toll plaza from Sungai Buloh. When contacted Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said that the accident occurred...
SINGAPORE: Two Malaysians are receiving treatment at a hospital in Singapore after the motorcycle they were on crashed into a lorry on the Seletar Expressway (SLE) on Monday (Nov 19) night. The motorcycle pillion rider, Muhammad Hairul Nizam Soyod, 35, is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital while his companion,...
IPOH: A 38-year-old Vietnamese woman has been arrested to assist in the investigation of a fire involving three houses and four vehicles in Taman Singa, Sitiawan. Manjung OCPD assistant commissioner Hasbullah Abd Rahman said police initially received a call from a 42-year-old house owner at Taman Singa in Sitiawan at around 2.50am on Friday (Nov 8),...
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...
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...
Super Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, has left a path of destruction across southern China, Philippines and Vietnam. The storm wreaked havoc in northern Vietnam on September 7, triggering landslides and floods that have left over 65 people dead, and over 750 injured. As the affected cities cope with the aftermath of the calamity,...
