A student, who hit the left wheel of a lorry coming from the opposite direction during a heavy downpour, was among three people killed in separate accidents in Perak, yesterday.
Muhammad Bazli Zuhaili Sharuddin, 15, of Sekolah Menengah Trolak Selatan was heading home when the accident occurred at Jalan Besar, Felda Trolak Selatan Scheme near Slim River at about 5 pm.
He succumbed to head injuries at the Slim River Hospital about one hour after the accident, said state traffic police chief Supt Wan Abdullah Ishak.
In Tapah, an Orang Asli, Pang Ensif a/l Yusof, 64, died on the spot when he was knocked down by a four-wheel drive vehicle, which burst its tyres, at Jalan Ayer Kuning-Tapah at 2.15pm.
In Manjung, motorcyclist Shaiful Azlan Zakaria, 30, was killed when he knocked the rear wheel of a lorry as he came out of a junction at Km4 Jalan Beruas-Ayer Tawar at 1.05pm.
Shaiful Azlan, from Kampung Tualang, Beruas was thrown onto the road and died at the scene.
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