Monday December 24, 2007
Express bus rams and kills mechanic fixing stalled car
BY SARBAN SINGH
newsdesk@thestar.com.my
SEREMBAN: A driver whose car had stalled and a mechanic summoned to check his vehicle were killed when an express bus ploughed into them at the 263rd kilometre of the North-South Expressway near here, yesterday.
Mohd Hanif Mohd Noor, 29, from Kg Air Tawar in Merlimau, Malacca, was driving to Bandar Baru Bangi with his mother and two younger siblings to visit a sister when his car broke down.
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Killed: Palaneysamy (left) and Mohd Hanif died on the spot after being hit by the bus. |
However, as both stood on the driver’s side of the car to check the engine, the express bus which had just entered the highway hit them, killing both instantly. They were flung some 30m from the car.
“The bus just came out of nowhere and hit my brother and the mechanic,” Mohd Hanif’s sister, Siti Aishah, 15, said.
The bus driver said the two appeared suddenly from the front of the car.
None of the bus’ 40 passengers was injured. They were taken to their destination in another bus.
The bus driver, who went to the district police station to lodge a report, has been detained to facilitate investigations. The accident caused a traffic snarl for several kilometres on both sides of the highway.
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