8As student dies in accident(from The Star newspaper 8-9-2005)

Siang Hong: Died when a bus slammed into him after he lost control of his motorcycle.

ALOR STAR: A student who scored 8As in last year’s Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination has been killed in a road accident.

It is learnt Low Siang Hong, of SMK Keat Hwa, was on his way home on Tuesday evening when he tried to overtake a bicycle in Jalan Bendahara but lost control of his motorcycle and fell on the road.

A schoolbus which was behind Siang Hong, 18, then slammed into him.

His father Low Shee Heong, 66, a retiree, said he last saw his youngest son at 7am that day when the boy was leaving for school.

“He was a very obedient child and hardworking. We were proud of him when he got good results in the SPM. Now my son is gone.

“I never imagined that his life would end this way. My son did not have any problem at home and also in school.

“Please do not ask me further because I cannot bear with this pain,” he said when met at the Alor Star Hospital mortuary here.

IN ANGUISH: Low mourning his son’s sudden death at the Alor Star Hospital mortuary yesterday.

Siang Hong, from Lorong Shariff here, suffered severe head injuries. He died on the way to the Alor Star Hospital.

Kota Star district traffic chief Deputy Supt Nazlan Idris said the schoolbus could not avoid running over the boy.

“The bus driver only lodged a report at 9.20pm after sending the schoolchildren home,” he said.

In another accident, Harun Hashim, 35, from Kampung Megat Dewa, Kodiang, died when the lorry he was driving rammed into a stalled trailer.

Harun was a lorry attendant, but on Tuesday he asked permission from lorry driver Azmi Mat Aris to drive the vehicle.

He lost control of the lorry, which was laden with cooking gas cylinders, and eventually rammed into the back of a trailer parked on the right side of the Changloon-Pauh road at 6.05pm.

Harun had injuries on his stomach and both legs while Azmi, who was seated beside him, suffered minor injuries.

Kubang Pasu district public order chief Assistant Supt Mohd Khairi Mohd Kamil said it was the first time Harun had driven the lorry.

He said Harun died on the way to Jitra Hospital.