The trailer driver was arrested after a substance suspected to be ketum water was found.
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A 26-year-old woman died after a trailer allegedly ran a red light and slammed into her Perodua Axia at a traffic junction in Machang, Kelantan
The crash occurred at about 10.30pm yesterday, 19 October, at KM4.7 of Jalan Machang-Tanah Merah, near the Wakaf Bata traffic light junction.
Machang district police chief Supt Azuhar Md Nor said preliminary investigations found that the Volvo trailer was travelling from Tanah Merah towards Machang when it allegedly ran a red light.
It then crashed into the right side of the victim's Perodua Axia, which was travelling from Padang Kelupang towards Tanah Merah.
The impact left the woman with severe injuries, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. The 47-year-old trailer driver was unhurt.
Her body was sent to Sultan Ismail Petra Hospital in Kuala Krai for a post-mortem examination, reported the New Straits Times.
The trailer driver was arrested after a substance suspected to be ketum water was found
Police are investigating the crash under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless and dangerous driving.
Azuhar said the trailer driver was also arrested under Section 30 of the Poisons Act 1952 after police seized four transparent plastic packages containing a brownish liquid suspected to be ketum water.
Anyone with information about the crash can contact Machang district police headquarters traffic investigating officer Inspector Khairulanwar Adam at 011-10085165 or visit the nearest police station.
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