Teen driver held after pre-dawn crash injures five in Senawang

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A 19-year-old driver has been remanded for three days to assist investigations into a pre-dawn crash on Jalan Persiaran Senawang 1 in Senawang, Negri Sembilan that left an 18-year-old woman critically injured.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 19-year-old driver has been remanded for three days starting Sunday to assist in investigations

00:07into a car crash that left one person seriously injured on Jalan Persiaran Sernawang 1.

00:14Seremban OCPD Assistant Commissioner Mohamed Hatta Chedin said the teenager was detained

00:20after lodging a police report following the accident, which occurred at around 2.55 a.m.

00:26Preliminary investigations found that the proton satria driven by the teen was heading from Sernawang

00:32towards Ampangan when it swerved to avoid a vehicle that had braked suddenly.

00:38The satria then veered off the road, struck a lamppost and a tree, before skidding into the opposite lane

00:43and colliding with a Perodua Axia carrying five people.

00:48The satria driver sustained minor injuries, while an 18-year-old female passenger in the Axia

00:53suffered critical injuries and is currently receiving treatment in the intensive care unit

00:59at Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital in Seremban.

01:03The other passengers and the Axia driver sustained minor injuries and were treated as outpatients

01:09at the same hospital.

01:11The case is being investigated under Section 42, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act, 1987.

01:19ACP Hatta said a urine test on the teen came back negative for drugs.

01:23Investigations are ongoing.

01:25He also advised motorists to drive cautiously and adhere to traffic rules to avoid accidents.

01:32Anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact the investigating officer,

01:37Inspector Noor Fazila Mohamed Zainuddin, at 0194611794 or visit the nearest police station.

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