ALOR GAJAH: Police have found a metal rim believed to be from the dislodged lorry tyre that caused a five-vehicle crash at Km204 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) off Ayer Keroh (northbound) on Dec 23.
Alor Gajah district police chief Ashari Abu Samah said the rim was found at the waste disposal centre on Jalan Solok in Tangkak, Johor.
“The rim was handed over by a Propel subcontractor to the police and then sent to the chemistry department for analysis,” he said in a statement today.
Seven people were killed and 33 others injured in the 8.45pm crash involving a tour bus carrying 27 passengers, two lorries, a car and an MPV.
Initial investigations found that the tour bus had collided with a tyre that came off a lorry, causing the bus to lose control, veer into the opposite lane, and crash into three other vehicles.