Courier company apologises after van driver accidentally runs over sleeping dog

PETALING JAYA: A local courier company has apologised after one of its vans were caught in a viral video running over a dog sleeping on a road in Banting. GDEX said the driver of the van had since been suspended. "On Nov 6, a GDEX van driver had run over a stray dog that was lying on...

QuickCheck: Did a speeding van cause an accident in Gombak?

Speeding is a crime because it puts the occupants of the offending vehicle in danger, as well as everyone else on the road. Recently, a viral video of a dash camera made its rounds on social media. It shows a white van speeding on an expressway in Gombak before clipping a motorcycle, causing an accident, and...

Five-year-old girl dies after hit by van in Johor

JOHOR BARU: A five-year-old preschool student died after being hit by a school van in front of her family’s house along Jalan Suria in Bandar Seri Alam here. Seri Alam OCPD Supt Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said the accident happened around 11.35am on Wednesday (June 19). “The incident occurred when the 50-year-old female school van driver had dropped...

Two killed, 11 hurt in car-van collision in Gerik

IPOH: Two people, including a child, have died while 11 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a car and a van in Gerik. Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Zulhelmi Bahari said a distress call was made at 2.32am on Monday (Oct 2). He said there were 11 people in the van, consisting of three...

Tourist killed in Penang van crash identified

GEORGE TOWN: The Singaporean tourist who died after a van plunged into a ravine at Bukit Genting on Sunday (Sept 24) has been identified. Penang tourism and creative economy committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said the deceased was Lee Kwee Yiam, 62. "The tour company informed us," he said in a text to the media on Monday...