LEDANG: A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed after he was ran over by a trailer along the Jalan Muar-Kesang road near SMK Parit Bunga here on Sunday night.
Ledang police district chief Superintendent Mohamed Salled Abd Razak said initial investigations revealed that the victim who was heading to Malacca was trying to overtake the trailer from the left lane.
In the tragedy, Kamarulzaman Abdullah was riding his Honda EX5 along the stretch and had lost control of his motorcycle after it hit the road kerb while trying to overtake a moving trailer at 8.40pm.
“The victim lost control of his motorcycle after hitting the road kerb and fell. He was killed after being run over the moving trailer,” he said.
Salleh said the trailer driver had lodged a police report on the same day.
The victim body had been sent to Tangkak Hospital for post-mortem. By Halim Said