A 30-year-old man was killed after the car he was driving lost control and crashed into a parked lorry along Jalan Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur early on Friday morning .
Tapah district police chief Superintendent Abdul Malik Hasim said preliminary investigations found that the accident occurred at about 1.40am at KM55 of the road.
He said the victim was travelling from Temoh towards Tapah when the incident happened.
“Upon reaching the location, the victim’s car is believed to have lost control before crashing into a lorry parked on an unpaved road shoulder,” he said.
The lorry driver, a 39-year-old local man, was not at the scene as the heavy vehicle had been parked near his workplace.
The victim was taken by ambulance to Tapah Hospital for treatment but was later pronounced dead by a medical officer on duty.
