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


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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