Terrifying video footage captured a dramatic incident involving a runaway tipper truck colliding with a garbage truck and cars at a busy junction in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The chaotic scene unfolded when the out-of-control lorry descended a hill, disregarding traffic lights and crashing into the vehicles moving ahead.
Emergency response teams, including the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department, swiftly arrived at the scene after receiving reports of the collision. They found multiple individuals, including foreign nationals and a 34-year-old woman, injured in the wreckage. Fortunately, all injured parties were safely rescued from their vehicles before being transferred to medical care.
Following the accident, authorities confirmed a total of six people were injured, with one victim sustaining a broken leg. The local driver of the tipper lorry, aged 35, was among those injured and was taken into police custody for further investigation into the incident.
In a separate incident earlier in the year, a harrowing event unfolded on a motorway in the UK, where a lorry veered across the central reservation into oncoming traffic, narrowly avoiding a catastrophic collision. Peter Stone, 55, recounted his close call with the oncoming lorry as he managed to swerve out of harm’s way, preventing a potentially fatal crash on the busy highway.
Reflecting on the near-miss, Peter described the split-second decision he made to avoid the oncoming truck, highlighting the swift reaction that averted a disaster. Despite the intensity of the situation, no injuries were reported, emphasizing the fortunate outcome of the incident.
