Kluang police chief Bahrin Noh said the man riding the twin-cylinder motorcycle, a Benelli TNT300, lost control and rammed into the back of a lorry parked on the right shoulder of the road.

The accident occurred at about 7.30pm as the man was riding the motorcycle with his wife and their son from Tasik Machap towards the Taman Murni housing area.

Sinar Harian identified the rider as Amirul Azim Hamdan, 28, who suffered head injuries.

His wife, aged 28, and baby suffered serious head injuries and are receiving treatment at Hospital Enche’ Besar Hajjah Khalsom in Kluang.

Bahrin said the lorry driver tested negative for drugs.

In Jertih, a Thai national, Adnan Bueraheng, 51, died yesterday after his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car on the Kuala Besut bridge.

Acting Besut police chief Sani Saleh said the man’s 48-year-old wife, who was riding pillion, sustained injuries.