KANGAR: A woman and her husband were injured after the motorcycle they were riding was hit by an uprooted tree.
Nuraleya Syazreena Roslan Anuar, 18, sustained a head injury and fractured her left and right hip bones, said Kangar district deputy police chief Supt Baeyah Abdul Wahab.
She also lost her five-month-old unborn baby, said Supt Baeyah.
Her husband Muhammad Danish Hakim Hanizam, 18, fractured his right thigh.
“The incident happened when the couple, with the wife riding the motorcycle and her husband as pillion, were travelling from a restaurant in Sungai Baru, Simpang Empat, to their home in Kampung Sungai Bugis.
“When they arrived at the location of the incident, an uprooted tree fell on their motorcycle.
“The incident happened during an early morning storm,” he said yesterday, Bernama reported.
The incident happened at about 3am yesterday in Jalan Kampung Padang Benta, Simpang Empat, near here.
Supt Baeyah said both victims were sent to Hospital Tuanku Fauziah for treatment.