Kuala Lumpur traffic investigation and enforcement chief Zamzuri Isa said the driver, who had been receiving treatment at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, had since been arrested to assist in the investigation.

“He has been remanded for seven days until May 11 to facilitate investigations under Section 302 of the Penal Code,” Zamzuri was quoted by Sinar Harian as saying.

The 24-year-old suspect was discharged from the hospital yesterday and gave his statement at the Jalan Tun HS Lee traffic police station the same day.

The case was previously probed under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless or dangerous driving.

In the 5.34am incident last Saturday, the 61-year-old victim and his wife, 56, were pronounced dead after the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a car along Jalan Ampang near Menara Great Eastern.

The driver of a Toyota Vios is believed to have lost control of the car before crashing into the rear of the victims’ Honda Wave Alpha motorcycle.

The driver and two passengers in the car sustained injuries and were treated at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.