“I NEVER thought a video call with my father on December 5 would be our last conversation,” said the son of the late Radin Abd Kharim Radin Mamfudz, 64, who was one of the two people crushed and killed by a fallen tree on Jalan Bukit Belacan Kampung Lembah Jaya Utara, Ampang, yesterday afternoon.
Radin Muhd Nur Amri, 33, who is the second-oldest of nine siblings, said during the video call, his father managed to chat with his grandchildren.
“I had a video call with my father and the last time I met him was over a month ago.
“I work as a teacher and I didn’t have time to go back as I had extra classes, so I planned to meet my father during the school holidays,” he told Bernama when met near the Ampang Hospital Forensic Department tonight.
Radin Kharim’s wife, Masitah Ahmad, 61, said the victim was going to meet his friends near Lembah Jaya after sending one of their children for dialysis at Ampang Hospital.
“It was indeed a routine of his to meet friends in the area every time he took our son for dialysis treatment,” she said, adding that the deceased would be buried at the Kampung Jawa Muslim Cemetery in Batu 18, Hulu Langat, tomorrow morning.
A tree fell and hit a car and a motorcycle at 3.51pm today, killing driver Radin Kharim on the spot, while the motorcyclist, Muhammad Hisyammuddin Ahmad Syakif, 23, died at Ampang Hospital.
Hisyammuddin’s father Ahmad Shakif Mohd, 53, said his son’s death was a great loss to the family.
“My son was a cheerful, kind soul who helped in every way and never troubled anyone,” he said.
Lembah Jaya assemblyman Syed Ahmad Syed Abdul Rahman, better known as Altimet, who went to console the families of the victims, said his office would work with the Selangor government to expedite the disbursement of the death aid under the state’s General Insurance Scheme. – Bernama, December 20, 2023.
