Family decides to take marathon runner off life support


Difficult decision: Ang has been in a coma since Dec 10 after being hit by a car during a pace routine for the marathon in Klang.

PETALING JAYA: Three days after a man was charged with reckless driving in an incident that left marathon runner Evelyn Ang in coma, her family has decided to take her off life support.

“The doctors told us that her body system is not functioning anymore.

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