Joyride Turns Sour When Students Crash Into Police MPV
MIRI: The police have detained a schoolboy and schoolgirl after their joyride came to a crashing halt when the boy rammed his father’s Perodua Alza into a police patrol multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) yesterday.
Bintulu police chief Supt Zailanni Amit said the Form Five students were caught speeding when a patrol team was conducting checks at the new Jalan Bintulu-Tatau market at 11.40am.
In a statement released here today, he said their ride came to a screeching halt when the driver crashed into a police MPV in Jalan Sungai Nyigu.
The students are from Bintulu.
Zailanni said this was the second incident involving underage teenagers driving recklessly without a licence in just three weeks.
In both cases, the suspects crashed into a police patrol MPV, he added.
"The first case involving two Form Three students, where one of them was driving his father’s Perodua Myvi," he said.
Zailanni said the driver had suddenly sped off when the police asked for his identity card in a 12.50am incident at Pantai Tanjung Batu on May 21.
He said both cases were being investigated under Section 279 of the Penal Code for reckless driving, which carried a maximum jail term of six months or fine of up to RM2,000 or both.
He urged parents to monitor their children’s activities as driving without a licence was a serious offence and parents would be served with a RM300 compound for allowing their children to drive without a driving licence.
- Bernama
