Lorry Crashes Into Home, Housewife Shocked But Safe

BUKIT KAYU HITAM, A housewife counted herself lucky to have survived without injury when a lorry crashed into the front of her house in Taman Desa Bayan Emas here today.Shafiqa Shafie, 37, said that she was in her room before hearing the squeaks of a lorry pressing its brakes several times before crashing into her house.'I was just sitting when I heard the sound of a lorry, like it couldn't engage the brakes. I tried looking through the window but couldn't see it, so I went straight to the kitchen and when I came out of the house I saw that the lorry was already in the car porch."I was shocked, luckily there was a neighbour who came to help. I am grateful I got out although the lorry did not crash into the room but fragments of bricks and the ceiling fell on the bed,' she told reporters here.Shafiqa said her car and a motorcycle were badly damaged in the incident.'I was the only one at home, my husband was out for work. During the almost eight years I have been staying here, there have been a numbe r of lorry crashes, but I never thought it would happen to me this time,' she said.Meanwhile, Kubang Pasu police chief Supt Rodzi Abu Hassan, who confirmed the crash, said the 2.30 pm incident involved a container lorry crashing into a house, as well as two cars and a motorbike.'The homeowner did not suffer any injuries and is in the process of lodging a police report. The lorry driver was slightly injured and police will conduct a urine test on him,' he said.Source: BERNAMA News Agency