SEREMBAN: Nineteen people were injured when a 62-year-old man drove his Mercedes Benz against traffic and ploughed into eight vehicles at a traffic light junction near Bukit Mas.
The incident, which happened at 8.30am yesterday near the state Road Transport Department headquarters, caused a traffic crawl for several kilometres as the stretch was temporarily impassable to traffic.
Six injured motorists aged bet-ween 20 and 40 were admitted at the Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital.
A pile-up: Onlookers at the accident scene along Jalan Tampin near Bukit Emas in Seremban Monday. Eyewitnesses said the driver of the Benz may have lost control of his vehicle, causing it to crash into the other vehicles.
Passers-by then helped free the driver of the Benz as well as those who were trapped in their vehicles.
Another eyewitness said it was a miracle that there were no fatalities.
“We have no clue how the Benz ended up on the side of the road.
“There would surely have been casualties if a fire had broken out,” he said.
District deputy police chief Supt Mohd Yusoff Awang appealed to eyewitnesses to contact the police to help in investigations.
He said police would record a statement from the driver of the Benz to determine the cause of the crash.
It is understood that he had been hospitalised following the accident.
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