ALOR STAR – A 9-year-old boy was killed after he was hit by a motorcycle while crossing a road at Batu 9, Kota Sarang Semut, near here today.
Kota Setar district police chief Ahmad Shukri Mat Akhir said the victim, Muhammad Syafiq Haikal Sahfiee, a student of SK Haji Hassan Itam, Simpang Empat, died at the scene when he was hit at around 1pm.
“Investigations revealed that a 22-year-old food stall helper was on his Yamaha Y15 motorcycle heading from Kota Sarang Semut to Simpang Empat while the victim was crossing the road from right to left. The victim crossed suddenly into the path of the motorcycle, which failed to avoid him, leading to the crash,” he said in a statement today.
Shukri said the boy’s body was sent to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital here for an autopsy, adding that the rider also received further treatment there.
Meanwhile in Kangar, a woman, 33, was killed while her husband, 33, and daughter, four, were injured when their car skidded and rammed a tree at Jalan Dato Ali, Kuala Perlis this morning.
Kangar district police chief Yusharifuddin Mohd Yusop said the woman, identified as Mira Azira Mohamad, died on the spot in the 7.15am incident. Her husband, Nor Radzuan Abd Rahman, and their daughter, Rabiatul Adawiyah Nor Radzuan, were sent to Tuanku Fauziah Hospital in Kangar for treatment.
Preliminary investigations revealed there were no brake marks at the location of the incident and that the weather was fine, with dry road conditions, said Yusharifuddin. – Bernama, May 2, 2022
