PUTRAJAYA: Two people were killed while six others were injured in an accident involving 12 vehicles on Persiaran Utara here, today.
Putrajaya police chief Assistant Commissioner A Asmadi Abdul Aziz, when contacted confirmed the accident.
The crash involved five cars, two motorcycles, a traffic police motorcycle, one lorry, and one trailer.
Closed circuit television (CCTV) recordings showed that a line of vehicles had stopped when a trailer came from behind.
The trailer was changing from the middle lane to the left and crashed into the cars in front, he said.
The two individuals were pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics from Putrajaya Hospital and Sultan Idris Shah Hospital in Serdang.
Later in a statement, Asmadi said the two who died were two men aged 25 and 39, who were on the two motorcycles.
He said the driver lost control of the trailer before crashing into the railing, and ploughed into the traffic police's motorcycle.
The traffic policeman was on a trial run for traffic clearance for the upcoming Le Tour de Langkawi, and managed to save himself.
"The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 and the trailer driver has been detained to undergo a urine test, and is being remanded.
"Preliminary checks show that the driver has no records of traffic offences," he said.