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KUALA LUMPUR: Two of the five people trapped inside the truck that was crushed by a collapsed bridge died at the scene.
The head of the City’s Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department, Asst Comm Zulkefly Yahya, said the two who died were factory workers, adding that all the victims were local.
He said the van was carrying factory workers and they are believed to be on their way to work.
In the tow truck believed to have collided with a portion of the SUKE highway bridge that collapsed, ACP Zulkefly said its driver would be detained.
“A report has been made at the Sungai Besi police station,” he said at the scene along the MRR2 road near Bandar Tasik Selatan.
ACP Zulkefly added that it was carrying metal items and was not overloaded at the time of the accident.
“Perhaps the collision was due to technical reasons. It had its own escort vehicles in front of it. Exactly how the collision occurred is still being investigated,” he said.
He had previously said that a trailer carrying heavy machinery is believed to have struck a portion of the bridge currently under construction.
Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department chief Nordin Md Pauzi, who was also at the scene, said the department had to act carefully to ensure the structure of the wreckage remained intact while rescue efforts were carried out.
“This took a long time because we had to make sure that the rescued were not crushed anymore. Therefore, various tools had to be used to support the rescue.
“With the help of the construction site, we used three cranes to aid in the effort,” he said.
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