KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A contract worker was killed when he was hit by a car while directing traffic at Persiaran Perdana, Sri Damansara, near here late Tuesday night (July 9).

In the incident close to 12am, Saidi Dollah, 52, who was holding a baton light, was standing between the left and middle lane of the road when he was hit by a Perodua Myvi driven by a 42-year-old woman.

She is believed to have been drunk.

Selangor Traffic Enforcement and Investigations Department chief Supt Azman Shariat said the man died on the spot and his body was sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital.

"A breath test on the suspect was found to exceed the prescribed alcohol limit,” he told Bernama.

He said the case was being investigated under Section 44 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for drunk driving causing death. – Bernama