KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 -- Two men were killed in a chain-reaction crash involving three lorries and a pickup truck on the Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE) yesterday afternoon.

The collision, at KM10.4 between the Ayer Panas toll and Ampang, unfolded after a lorry broke down and came to a halt in the middle lane.

Kuala Lumpur traffic investigations chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Isa said a pickup travelling behind failed to control its vehicle and slammed into the stationary lorry.

Another lorry then stopped to assist, but a third lorry approaching from the rear is believed to have lost control and ploughed into the vehicles at the scene.

The two victims - aged 52 and 53 - died at the scene.

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