BUKIT MERTAJAM: A Perodua Alza driven by a man under the influence of alcohol rear-ended a motorcycle, killing the rider and seriously injuring the pillion rider, at Km140.2 of the North-South Expressway (NSE), northbound, at the exit to Perai here, on Sunday. Factory worker Khairizul Mohamad Noor, 39, died on the spot; while his wife, Zuriana Hasan, 36, was rushed to the Seberang Jaya Hospital (HSJ), where she is in critical condition. The 34-year-old Perodua Alza driver was not harmed in the accident. After a breath test revealed that he was drunk while behind the wheel, the driver was transported to the HSJ to undergo a blood test to determine his blood alcohol level. “The body (of Khairizul) was taken to the same hospital for a post-mortem, before being handed over to the family,” said Seberang Perai Tengah police chief Assistant Commissioner Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abdul Hamid.

Source: New Strait Times February 10, 2020 02:03 UTC