A MOTORIST who was so absorbed in using his cellphone that he crashed into an Op Covid-19 roadblock was arrested on Old Klang Road yesterday.

Brickfields district police chief Anuar Omar said the 40-year-old man’s Perodua Myvi hit the inspection roadblock in the incident about 5.50pm.

Police arrested him and seized his car.

“The suspect admitted that he was being careless by using his cellphone while driving. He also said he was on his way to buy food,” he said in a statement today.

He said the man did not have any criminal record and his urine tested negative for drugs.

He is being investigated under Section 26 (2) of the Police Act for not stopping at a roadblock, an offence punishable with a jail term of up to one year or maximum RM1,000 fine, or both, on conviction. – Bernama, January 18, 2021.