MELAKA — A Malaysian Prisons Department officer was killed after being run over by a cement lorry that reportedly suffered brake failure at a traffic light junction along the Sungai Udang-Paya Rumput-Ayer Keroh (SPA) route yesterday.
Sergeant Amal Nurlidar Ghazali, 42, a prison warder, died at the scene after she was trapped beneath the lorry in the 5.50pm incident, Harian Metro (HM) reported.
Melaka Tengah district police chief Assistant Commissioner Christopher Patit said the victim had stopped her Yamaha Ego Solariz at the traffic lights when the lorry, driven by a 49-year-old man travelling in the same direction, lost control.
