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Delivery driver crushed by iron rods was on drugs By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent A DELIVERY driver who was killed in September took sedatives and a drug for heroin addicts before he was crushed to death, a coroner's inquiry heard on Tuesday. Traces of the drugs were found in the blood of Mr Mohd Ghazali Masoothu, 37, and were likely behind the accident that claimed his life on Sept 14, said a forensic pathologist. Mr Ghazali died when a bushel of metal rods, stored in the back of his truck, came loose and crushed the driver's cabin after he slammed on the brakes. He was hauling almost 200 metal rods, tied down with green straps, when the accident happened along Lok Yang Way. At the inquiry into his death, an investigation report by Station Inspector Kenny Chua said that Mr Ghazali hit the emergency brake of his trailer to avoid traffic ahead. The metal rods surged forward and crashed into the front cabin, trapping him. He died on the spot of multiple injuries more than an hour later. Forensic pathologist Dr Wee Keng Poh said Mr Ghazali's consumption of the sedative midazolam and Subutex, a drug designed to wean addicts of heroin, could have caused the accident. He said Mr Ghazali was a drug addict and no doctor would prescribe the two drugs together because they can cause respiratory problems. Station Insp Chua said investigations suggested that Mr Ghazali lost control of the trailer in the moments before the accident. The driver's employer had warned him not to travel by that route because of the danger posed by motorcycles along the road. State Coroner Ronald Gwee recorded a verdict of misadventure in the death. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_188112.html amen...