MACHANG (Bernama): A weekend motorcycle ride turned tragic for three cousins when one of them was pierced in the neck with bamboo pole in a freak accident in Kg Bonggol Bukit Sawa, Bukit Bakar here.
Mohd Asri Ajeman, 17, bled to death in the Friday (Feb 22) incident which occurred at about 9am.
Acting Machang district police chief ASP Mohd Shamsuri Mohd Zain said Mohd Asri was riding pillion with Mohd Fitri Rosdi, 18, while another cousin trailed behind on another motorcycle.
He said they were on their motorcycles when another motorcyclist carrying bamboo poles on his shoulder appeared from the opposite direction.
“Mohd Fitri attempted to avoid the oncoming motorcycle, but the bamboo pole pierced Mohd Asri's neck,” he said when contacted here.
Mohd Asri's body was sent to the Machang Hospital for a postmortem. - Bernama
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