Schoolboy dies after being knocked down by van, passerby steals his phone as he lay dying (UPDATED)


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 02 Jan 2018

An eyewitness known only as Harry Cyclone, who posted the incident on Facebook, claimed that a van had hit the boy.

JOHOR BARU: A teenage boy clad in school uniform died after he was knocked down in front of a shopping complex along Jalan Tun Abdul Razak here.

An eyewitness known only as Harry Cyclone, who posted the incident on Facebook, claimed that a van had hit the boy, believed to be a 16-year-old student from SMK Aminuddin Baki, at around 2pm on Tuesday (Jan 2).

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