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Military truck hits oil palm plantation, 1 soldier killed, 5 injured.

23/02/2024

Yesterday, when a military lorry carrying food was driving to Bukit Koki Road, Kampung Changlun,  Jilin North, it was suspected of avoiding an oncoming car and overturned, resulting in a tragic accident that killed one person and injured five others.

Qian Jun Cao, deputy police chief of Kubang Pasu County, issued a statement last night saying that the police received a report at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. According to a preliminary investigation, the 29-year-old driver who served in the 5th Battalion of the Blackwood Mountain Border Corps, At that time, the lorry carrying food was driving from the reserve army camp in Kepala Batay, northern Kyrgyzstan, to the military camp of the 30th Brigade Border Corps in Perlis.

He said that at the accident scene, to avoid a car coming from the opposite direction, the driver of the lorry tried to turn left, but the road was narrow and the road shoulder was not paved. The lorry rushed into the slope on the left and the entire lorry was four-wheeled. Towards the sky.

He said that the car accident resulted in the death of one back-seat passenger on the spot, and the other five injured were sent to the hospital for treatment.

The police investigated the case under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 (reckless or dangerous driving causing death).

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