Sungai besar: A trailer lorry driver was killed while his seven-month-pregnant wife suffered minor injuries after the lorry they were travelling in was involved in a collision with another trailer lorry at Kilometre 1 of Jalan Persekutuan near Kampung Tebuk Marso in Sungai Besar early this morning.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) operations division assistant director Ashrul Riezal Asbar stated that the department received an emergency call at 2.49 am. A team of six firefighters from the Sungai Besar Fire and Rescue Station was dispatched promptly to the scene.

The incident involved a trailer lorry carrying a container load, while the other trailer was transporting 36 tonnes of steel. The passenger of one of the trailers, a 26-year-old woman, sustained minor injuries and was aided by bystanders before the firefighters' arrival. She was subsequently taken to a hospital for treatment.

Her 21-year-old husband, who was driving, was trapped in the driver's seat and found unconscious. He was extricated from the vehicle at 4.15 am and was pronounced dead on the scene.

Ashrul Riezal mentioned that the deceased was from Parit, Perak, and his wife hailed from Telok Panglima Garang, Kuala Langat. The driver of the other trailer lorry was not harmed in the accident.