Five people were seriously injured and one slightly hurt in the incident that stretched from Jalan Perak to the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway, police said.

Northeast district police chief Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the car driven by the 50-year-old man hit the back of another car driven by a 44-year-old woman at the Jalan Perak traffic light junction at about 8.30pm.

”The man continued driving and hit two motorcycles at separate locations on Jalan Perak before rear-ending a second car on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway,” he said in a statement today.

He said the driver suffered serious injuries.

Also seriously injured were the two motorcyclists and one pillion rider, and the driver whose car he crashed into on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway.

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