Woman killed in freak car accident

Compiled by C. ARUNO, FARIK ZOLKEPLI and R. ARAVINTHAN

A WOMAN in Kulim was killed when she was hit by a car driven by her husband, Makkal Osai reported.

The couple were apparently leaving their home in Taman Selesa at around 7pm on Saturday when the incident happened.

As the 60-year-old husband was about to reverse the car, the woman named only as Malliga realised she had forgotten something and got out of the car.

As she came back and was standing by the car door about to get in, the man accidentally hit the gas pedal while still in reverse gear. The car hit the woman, shot out of the house and crashed into another car parked outside.

The victim died on the spot. The husband escaped unhurt.

> A woman in Bangalore, India, jumped off a moving motorbike taxi when the driver tried to molest her, Makkal Osai reported.

The woman, 30, was leaving a party at around 11pm and got a motorcycle taxi to get home.

On the way, the rider snatched the woman’s handphone, claiming he needed to check they were on the right path.

He then reportedly tried to molest the woman while still on the bike.

The man was identified and arrested by the police.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.