Driver in crash nabbed after testing positive for drugs

Driver in crash nabbed after testing positive for drugs

Police say the car driver is believed to have fallen asleep and rammed into the back of a truck.

Following the collision, one of the vehicles hit the back of a motorcycle in the same lane causing the rider to fall. (Facebook pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
Police arrested the driver and passenger of a car involved in a road crash at Batu 5, Jalan Ipoh here last Friday after they tested positive for drugs.

Sentul police chief Beh Eng Lai said the two men were detained at the Kuala Lumpur traffic police station after being taken there to undergo a urine test.

Prior to that, the 25-year-old car driver was believed to have fallen asleep and rammed his vehicle into the back of a 4WD truck in front of him in the incident at 12.30pm.

“Following the collision, the lorry hit the back of a motorcycle in the same lane, causing the rider to fall. However, no one was injured in the incident,” Beh said in a statement here today.

He said the policemen who arrived at the scene saw the suspicious behaviour of the two men and took them to the station for the urine test.

“The duo tested positive for methamphetamine, ketamine, Erimin 5, amphetamine and ganja.

“Both were investigated under Rule 10 of the Road Traffic Rules 1959 and Section 15(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,” he said.

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