Crash survivor to embark on record-setting ride

Santana (middle) attempts to make it into the Malaysian Book of Records and Guinness World Record for the longest distance ‘single-handed’ motorcycle ride in conjunction with Malaysia Day. With him is Kumaresan (left)

IN conjunction with Malaysia Day, a 35-year-old disabled will be making an attempt to get into the Malaysian Book of Records (MBR) for the longest distance ‘single-handed’ motorcycle ride.

A. Santana Dass, who is a person with disabilities (OKU), will attempt to travel a minimum distance of 5,922km from Penang to Thailand, Myanmar and Singapore for 14 days by himself with his left hand on a modified Yamaha R25 on Sunday.