TAPAH: A cement mixer truck ploughed into the rear of two vehicles before crashing into an expressway divider and rammed into a third vehicle in the opposite lane at the North-South Expressway (NSE) near here this morning.
The 10am crash at Km336.3 of the NSE led to a four-wheel drive vehicle driver sustaining head injuries.
Tapah police chief Superintendent Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail said the crash caused a three-kilometre crawl in both directions along the NSE between Tapah and Bidor.
He said initial investigations revealed that the cement mixer truck driver was proceeding along the left lane and was southbound when he ploughed into the four-wheel drive and an Audi.
"The crash led to the truck driver losing control of his vehicle, which skidded and hit the expressway's divider before it entered the opposite direction and collided with a Toyota Yaris.
"Upon impact (with the Toyota Yaris), the cement mixer truck landed in a drain. The 28-year-old cement truck driver escaped unhurt."
He said the driver of the four-wheel drive vehicle was rushed to the Tapah Hospital for treatment.
Asked whether police had conducted a urine test on the cement truck driver, who hails from Sungai Siput here, Wan Azharuddin said police were in the process of doing so.
The case is being investigated under Section 43 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.