Factory worker dies after motorcycle crashes into buffalo

TAMPIN: A 20-year-old factory worker was killed after his motorcycle reportedly hit a buffalo at KM5 of Jalan Tampin Kuala Pilah, near Kampung Sri Repah, yesterday.

Tampin district police chief Supt Amiruddien Sariman said the male victim, who was riding a Yamaha Y15ZR motorcycle, sustained severe head injuries in the 8 pm incident and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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“Investigations revealed that the accident occurred while the motorcyclist was on his way from his home in Kampung Berambai, Johol, to his workplace at a factory in Melaka.

“The victim was unable to avoid the buffalo, which came into his path, and crashed into it,“ he said in a statement here today.

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