FRU crash: Lorry driver charged, company owner called in

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The lorry driver involved in the crash that killed nine Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel in Teluk Intan has been remanded for four days from Wednesday (May 14).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/pnf7k8hd  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 45-year-old lorry driver was charged at the Magistrates' Court in Teluk Intan on

00:07Friday with dangerous driving that caused the deaths of nine Federal Reserve Unit personnel

00:14in a tragic crash earlier this week.

00:16The accused, Rudi Zulkarnain Matradi from Kampungkota, Hilir Perak, pleaded not guilty

00:22to nine counts of dangerous driving before Sessions Court Judge Norhamiza Shaifuddin.

00:29For the first charge, Rudi is accused of driving a lorry dangerously and causing the death

00:34of S. Perumal, 44, at Kilometre 15 Jalan Sungai Manik in Hilir Perak at around 9.05am on May

00:4213.

00:44The remaining eight charges relate to the deaths of Mohamed Roslan Abdrahim, 46, Mohamed Posli

00:50Jowdin, 41, Nurit Pandak, 34, Amiruddin Zabri, 38, Mohamed Hilmi Mohamed Azlan, 38, Mohamed

01:01Akmal Mohamed, 35, Damarulan Abdul Latif, 33, and Akmal Wafi Anuar, 28, all of whom died at

01:10the same time and location.

01:12The charges fall under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act, 1987, which carries

01:19a penalty of five to ten years in prison, a fine of up to 50,000 ringgit, and a minimum

01:24five-year driving license suspension upon conviction.

01:28The Court granted bail at 6,000 ringgit for all charges and imposed additional conditions

01:34as proposed by the prosecution.

01:37The case has been fixed for mention and appointment of counsel on June 17.

01:41Meanwhile, police have called the owner of the lorry company to give a statement to assist

01:46in the investigation.

01:47Hilir Perak District Police Chief ACP Dr. Bakri Zainal Abidin said the owner is among 15 witnesses

01:55interviewed so far.

01:56He added that investigators are looking into multiple angles, including driver negligence, environmental

02:02factors, and vehicle maintenance.

02:05Police are also urging eyewitnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of the incident to come

02:10forward as no such recordings have been submitted yet.

02:15The crash occurred when a lorry carrying gravel veered into the opposite lane and collided with

02:21a truck transporting 18 FRU Unit 5 members.

02:25They were returning to base in Sungai Sinam, Ippo, after completing duties for the Chitra Purnami

02:31Festival in Teluk Intan.

02:34Eight officers died at the scene, while a nine succumbed to injuries at Teluk Intan Hospital.

02:39Nine others were injured, several critically.

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