GEORGE TOWN, Oct 2 — A man was injured in the abdomen after the car he was driving collided with a BMW driven by a woman against the flow on Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway, midnight last night.

North-east district police chief ACP Soffian Santong said the accident happened at about 12.30 midnight last night at the Penang Bridge exit towards the city centre.

"A man in a Perodua Bezza from Sungai Petani, Kedah was heading to Taman Kristal, Mount Erskine, here when he collided with a white BMW driven by a woman against the traffic.

"As a result of the collision, the man suffered injuries to his abdomen and is still receiving treatment at the Penang Hospital Emergency Ward,” he said in a statement today.

He said the driver of the BMW was also being treated at a private hospital in Penang due to a chest injury. — Bernama