KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — The Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH), which opened on Friday (October 14), recorded the first fatal accident involving a food delivery man when the motorcycle he was riding skidded and hit a road divider on the expressway last night.
Petaling Jaya District Police chief ACP Fhakhrudin Abdul Hamid said police received a report on the incident that happened at KM 15.7 from Penchala to Denai Alam at 12.05am (today).
He said the 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for post-mortem.
“Further investigations are ongoing and the case is being investigated under Section 41 of the Road Transport Act 1987,” he said in a statement today.
He urged the public with information on the incident to contact Traffic Investigation officer Insp Muhammad Hisyam Azih at 017-7378704 to assist with the investigation.
The 20.1-kilometre highway with 13 interchanges was opened at 12.01am last Friday.
Dash connects three major highways, namely the Guthrie Corridor Highway (GCE), the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP) and the Western Kuala Lumpur Traffic Distribution Scheme Highway (Sprint).
– Bernama
