IPOH: A professional skateboarder from China sustained serious injuries after getting hit by a car in front of the Ipoh Town Hall on Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab here.
Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said Song Zihao, 23, suffered injuries to his head, right limbs and hip after getting run over by a car at about 12.15am on Thursday (May 22).
ACP Abang Zainal Abidin said preliminary investigation found that Song had jumped off a platform in front of the hall onto the road on his skateboard and crashed into a motorcycle prior to the incident.
"The incident caused the victim to be thrown onto the road before he was hit by a car," he said when contacted.
"The car was unable to stop in time due to the close proximity," he said, adding that the driver of the car and motorcyclist were uninjured.
"The victim has been sent to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital for treatment," he said, adding that a report of the incident has been received by the police.
