KUALA TERENGGANU: A 19-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a car in Jalan Pusara, here today.
Muhammad Aiman Khairul Anuar died at the scene following the 5.55pm incident.
His friend, Muhammad Afiq Daniel Norazri, also 19, said they were riding motorcycles with three others when the crash occurred.
He claimed the driver of the other vehicle had made a turn in front of his friend.
He said Aiman could not stop in time and crashed into the car.
"I was riding behind him and saw the whole thing. I rushed to his side and held him. I told him I was going to go to a cousin's restaurant to get help and he nodded," said Afiq.
He said, when he returned, Aiman's conditioned seemed to have worsened.
"I held his head and taught him to recite the syahada, then he died," he said.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Azli Mohd Noor said the driver of the car, a 51-year-old woman, was making a turn to the left when the crash happened.
He said Aiman's body was taken to the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital for post-mortem examination.
The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
Anyone found guilty of such an offence is liable to a jail term of between two and 10 years and a fine of between RM5,000 and RM20,000.
The offender will also not be able to hold aa driving licence for not less than three years for a first offence and 10 years for subsequent offences.
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