Kuala Lumpur traffic police chief ACP Mohd Nadzri Hussain said the youth, 19, was nabbed at a fast food restaurant in Desa Pandan at 9.30pm later that day.

“Investigation revealed the white Perodua Axia car that the suspect drove was rented for five days from a car rental service in Rawang, since July 14,” he said in a statement here yesterday.

He said the suspect was remanded for three days from Tuesday to help in the investigation.

He said the case was being investigated under Section 42 of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless and dangerous driving.

Lance Corporal Wan Mohd Fazly Wan Soho, 27, sustained a broken left hand after his motorcycle was knocked down by a car at the Jalan Kuching exit to the Government Housing Complex at 4pm.

The traffic policeman was heading towards the Batu Caves roundabout that was closed to traffic following an accident.

He was chasing a car that had entered the closed road for about six kilometres when the motorist knocked him down and escaped.

Wan Mohd Fazly was injured from the impact of the fall and was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for treatment.