POLICE are tracking down a man found to have driven his Perodua Myvi against the flow of traffic with the hazard lights on at KM31.2 of the North-South Expressway bound for Kulai this morning.

District police chief Tok Beng Yeow said they found an 11-second viral video clip on the incident at about 9.55am.

“The Kulai Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Division is actively tracking down the driver. Those with any information regarding the incident are requested to come forward,” he said in a statement today.

In another development, he confirmed that the lorry driver detained in connection with a crash involving five vehicles, with two victims burnt to death, at KM45.7 southbound on the same expressway recently, did not have any criminal records and his urine test came back negative. 

However, the man has been remanded for four days since yesterday and additional investigations are being carried out, he told reporters when met after the opening of a new Johor Gateway DHL Express facility today.

Meanwhile, he said the result of the DNA test to identify the other victim who was burnt to death is expected to be ready in two weeks.

He said a sample was taken from a family who came forward looking for a missing loved one, believed to be a man.

On Saturday, Nurul Nazihah Kamalul Arifin, 28, and a man whose identity has yet to be ascertained were burned to death in the accident involving five vehicles, while four others escaped. – Bernama, October 18, 2022.