Singaporean boy, 7, dies after lorry crashes into car in Johor, driver tests positive for meth
A seven-year-old Singaporean boy died after an accident involving a car and a lorry in Johor Bahru on March 16.
The 57-year-old lorry driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, causing it to veer into oncoming traffic before colliding with the Singapore-registered car.
The driver later tested positive for methamphetamine, the Johor police said.
Stomper Wei Ern alerted Stomp to the incident and shared a Facebook post by Rayness Chong, describing what happened.
The Facebook user said a Lalamove lorry hit the car at 'high speed' at Jalan Pantai, towards Permas Jaya, at about 10.34pm.
"The scene was deafening and the lights flashed, surrounding drivers stopped to watch the heart-wrenching tragedy before them," she wrote.
Rayness described the boy's mother holding him and crying: "Baby, wake up! Please, open your eyes!"
She said firefighters worked tirelessly to extricate the passengers from the mangled car.
The collision left the road littered with debris, and the severity of the incident left witnesses in shock.
In footage shared by the Facebook user, blood was visible on the road.
The child, who was seated at the back of the car, was thrown out of the vehicle, reports The Star.
The police said the boy died on March 17 at 3am while being treated at a private hospital.
The child was one of four passengers in the car driven by his father, who is in his 40s.
Four of the passengers are Singaporeans, while one is an Indonesian national.
The police found that the lorry driver had no driving licence or vocational licence. The vehicle's road tax had also expired.
