A first in Putrajaya

On a day when political manoeuvring were taking shape in Putrajaya, a different kind of activity occurred at dusk yesterday in this administrative capital.

A Bernama report late yesterday on this caught my attention. It was about an accident in Putrajaya which killed two people and leaving two seriously injured.

Accident in Putrajaya? Two dead? Wow! This must be a first in the place!

How did this happen in Putrajaya, a place where there is NO traffic jam? The place has only 6,608 registered voters, meaning the same number of vehicles on average. The road system is excellent, and wide. So how did it happen?

Apparently the victim’s - a cop - car skidded, hit the road divider and landed on the other side of the road before colliding with an oncoming car with a couple in it while it was raining heavily. The cop and his civilian passenger died on the spot.

What intrigues me is this: Was he over-speeding in the rain until he lost control of his car? And as a cop, was he abusing his position to over-speed, if he was?

Perhaps the Putrajaya traffic chief or the two remaining victims can shed some light on this.