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Friday December 24, 2010
Girl and mum killed after collecting exam results
KOTA BARU: A 15-year-old girl and her mother were killed in a road accident in Kok Lanas town after they had collected the girl’s PMR examination result.
Siti Aishah Zakaria and Azizah Musa, 42, who were on a motorcycle, died on the spot in the accident at the traffic light junction of Jalan Kuala Krai-Kota Baru at about 1pm, said a spokesman of the Kota Baru district police.
The spokesman said Azizah, who was riding the machine, had stopped at the lights when she was hit by a lorry carrying sandstone.
He said the lorry also crashed into three vehicles waiting behind the motorcycle.
Aishah’s father, Zakaria Muhamad, 43, an ex-serviceman, said he learned of the accident from a friend who called him at 1.15pm.
He said his daughter’s teacher had informed him that Aishah had scored 4As, 4Bs and 1C in the examination. — Bernama