IPOH, Dec 25 — Two lorry drivers were killed in an accident involving two lorries at Km300.4 of the North-South Expressway (northbound) here, today.

Kampar District Police chief Supt Ng Kong Soon said during the 9.15am incident, tanker driver Mohd Iswad Ramli, 33, and a yet to be identified lorry driver, died from head injuries at the scene.

“Investigation revealed that Mohd Iswad had parked the tanker in the emergency lane when another lorry, driven by the unidentified man, crashed into it from behind,” he said when contacted here today.

He said the lorry also ploughed into Mohd Iswad, of Felda Palong 8, Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, who was inspecting the tyres of his tanker during the incident.

“Both bodies were sent to the Kampar Hospital for post-mortem,” he said, adding that the stretch of the road where the incident took place was straight and the weather was fine.

The accident caused a massive traffic congestion for about 10km and only returned to normal four hours later, he added. — Bernama