A UTHM student died and four friends were injured after their car skidded off the road in Muar while returning to their Pagoh campus.
MUAR: A Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia student was killed and four others injured in a road crash yesterday.
The group was returning to the Pagoh Campus from Labis, Segamat when the accident occurred along Jalan Felda Moakil at about 1.00 pm.
Muar district police chief ACP Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said the Honda Accord they were in lost control and skidded to the left side of the road.
Mohd Amir Faizal Hasrolnizam, 21, who was seated in the rear passenger seat, sustained severe head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another victim, Dameer Amir Mokhzani Aris, 21, sustained serious injuries.
Three others, Ameer Ikhwan Ahmad Nurul Lail, Muhammad Aiman Musa, and Muhammad Hakimi Hisyamuddin, all 21, suffered minor injuries and are being treated at Segamat Hospital.
Mohd Amir Faizal’s body was sent to Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital for a post-mortem.
The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
Meanwhile, the UTHM Student Representative Council conveyed its condolences over the death of the university’s second-year Electrical and Electronic Engineering student.
