KOTA BHARU, April 12 (Bernama) -- A Form One schoolgirl was killed while another was injured when they were hit by a car in their school compound after the car’s driver unintentionally stepped on the accelerator.
Kota Bharu district police chief ACP Mohd Azmir Damiri said they received a report about the fatal crash that occurred at the girl’s surau of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tanjong Mas at about 2.15 pm.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the crash happened around 1.50 pm when the woman driver had mistakenly stepped on the accelerator and crashed into two schoolgirls believed to be putting on their shoes in front of the surau.
“One schoolgirl died at the scene of the crash due to severe injuries to her head, while the other girl is being treated for severe injuries to her body at Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital’s Red Zone,” he said in a statement here today, adding that the car driver was unhurt.
The body of the dead schoolgirl has been sent to the Universiti Sains Malaysia Kubang Krian Specialist Hospital’s forensics unit for autopsy, he said, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
He also urged eyewitnesses of the crash to come forward and assist investigations by contacting traffic investigating officer, Insp Muhammad Syarafuddin Bin Ramlee at 09-7752315 or the Kota Bharu district police headquarters’ Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Division.
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