Motorist Killed Trying To Overtake Vehicles
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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By Tan Weng Han
Jeram (July 7, 2013): A motorist was killed when he tried to
overtake the vehicles in front of him. The accident happened at 5.09pm, at the
outskirts of Jeram, minutes before arriving at Gopeng toll.
The windows on the bus was speckled with the victim's brain. |
The
accident took place at a double-lined road. Mr. Rau, the bus driver honked
furiously at the motorist but everything happened too fast, the motorist rammed
his head accidentally at the bus which was coming in the opposite direction.
The
bus was on its journey back to the Perak Campus in Kampar after a learning trip
to Kuala Sepetang. There were 25 students of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman were
on-board, all of them safe and unharmed.
Shortly
after the accident, Ms. Lai Chee Man, the Assistant Manager of the Department
of Student Affairs (Perak Campus) immediately ordered the students on-board to
follow the second bus of the learning trip which will then escort them safely
back to the campus.
The
witness of the accident, Tan Meng Khai, 21, however stayed at the spot with Mr.
Rao to follow up with the upcoming procedure of the case. “I was shocked, it
happened just like that,” he said.
Several
witnesses also noted that the male motorist did not wear a helmet when the
accident happened and a huge wound opening can be seen at the rear of his head.
Also, it could be noticed that the motorist’s vehicle was badly damaged.