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KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested a car driver allegedly involved in a hit-and-run incident with a couple on a motorcycle at KM56.4 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak highway today.
The director of the Bukit Aman Traffic Control and Investigation Department (JSPT), Datuk Azisman Alias, said the video of the accident was widely circulated on social media and had sparked outrage among netizens.
He said police conducted an investigation based on information obtained from the video and arrested a man suspected of being the driver of the car at 6.51pm.
“The accident occurred when the driver of the car entered the emergency lane from the left lane to overtake a vehicle in front, and collided with the motorcycle that was traveling in the emergency lane, before accelerating,” he said in a statement here today. .
Azisman said the two victims received outpatient treatment at Bentong Hospital, adding that the JSPT’s swift action to arrest the suspect helped defuse anger among netizens. –Named
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