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KUANTAN (Bernama): A man died after the acid-laden truck he was driving overturned at KM43 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak highway on Saturday (October 3).
The head of Pahang’s Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department, Superintendent Kamarulzaman Jusoh, said that in the 9:19 p.m. incident, victim P. Siniwasan, 56, was killed at the scene.
He said that Kampung Seri Serendah’s victim Selangor, who was heading to Bentong from Kuala Lumpur, is believed to have lost control of the vehicle before it skidded, hit a wall and rolled over.
“The incident caused the contents of the tanker, which was hydrochloric acid, to spill onto the road. The body of the victim was taken to Bentong Hospital for an autopsy,” he said in a statement on Sunday (October 4).
He said the Fire and Rescue Department’s Hazardous Materials Unit (Hazmat) team was immediately informed to take further action.
Meanwhile, the Pahang Fire and Rescue Department in a statement said a wheel loader was deployed to remove the front of the truck and the trapped victim.
Five locomotives, 35 staff members and officials from the Bentong, Gebeng and KLCC fire stations were transported to the scene.
“The Hazmat team carried out tactical work to neutralize the acid and subsequently monitored the removal of the chemical to ensure that no hazardous elements were left at the site,” the statement said.
Anih Berhad in a statement said that the right lane at the crash site was opened to road users at 6.46am today.
Related authorities are still monitoring and washing the chemical, he said, while advising road users to heed instructions given by workers at the site. – Bernama
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