Lorry driver may have killed biker out of revenge


IPOH: A lorry driver is believed to have knocked down and killed a jobless man who had allegedly slashed the driver’s relative with a parang in a fight.

Police said the unemployed man, 25, was hit by a lorry as he was riding a motorcycle at the Larut Tin Sambungan area in Pokok Assam, Taiping, at about 5pm on Sunday.

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