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7-vehicle collision on NKVE causes 4km congestion

KUALA LUMPUR: A man was injured in an accident involving seven vehicles at KM14.4 of the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) northbound along the Subang to Damansara route near here, today.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department operations assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said the department received a distress call at 8.56pm.

Following this, he said a team of ten firefighters from the Damansara Fire and Rescue station was dispatched to the scene to assist the victim.

"The accident involved seven vehicles, namely, a Proton X70, Proton Saga, Toyota Camry, Mazda, Perodua Axia, and two Toyota Hilux.

"One victim was trapped in the Toyota Camry and was successfully rescued by the firefighters.

"The victim is a 36-year-old local man who was later handed over to the Health Ministry's medical team," he said in a statement today.

The accident resulted in a traffic congestion stretching nearly four kilometres along the route.

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