Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin says a 41-year-old woman who drove a BMW against the traffic on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway at midnight on Monday (Oct 2) claimed she had entered the opposite lane by mistake and panicked before getting involved in a crash.
WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news
SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar
LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news
SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar
LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 A 41-year-old woman who drove a BMW against traffic on the Tundok to Lim Chong Yu Expressway
00:06 in Georgetown on Monday claimed she had entered the opposite lane by mistake and panicked before
00:11 getting involved in a crash. Videos and photos of the incident have gone viral.
00:16 Penang Police Chief Datuk Kalkok Ching said the woman, who works as a bank officer in the state,
00:22 claimed she accidentally entered the wrong lane after dining at a restaurant on Persiaran Kalpasing
00:28 and did not know how to turn back. He added that the police are still conducting further
00:33 investigations and the woman was currently being treated at a private hospital for shortness of
00:38 breath and dizziness. In the 12.30am incident at the Penang Bridge exit leading to the city centre,
00:45 a 22-year-old local man driving a Perodua Beza sustained injuries to his abdomen after his car
00:51 collided with the BMW. The case is being investigated under section 42 subsection 1
00:57 of the Road Transport Act 1987.
01:00 For more information visit www.fema.gov.au/covid19
01:04 [Music]
01:06 [BLANK_AUDIO]