ALOR SETAR: Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor's 20-year-old daughter is being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah after a motorcycle accident on Thursday (Nov 12).
According to Kedah's Darul Aman information secretariat, she suffered facial and head injuries, four broken fingers and fractured ribs in the accident near Kampung Alor Setol.
Sanusi said his daughter, his third child, remained in the ICU for close monitoring and further examinations to determine whether she suffered internal injuries.
"The doctors want to monitor her condition closely. She may be transferred to a normal ward tomorrow if further examinations show she is recovering well," he said.
His daughter, a tahfiz student pursuing a fast-track programme to sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination at Kolej Islam Darul Ulum in Pokok Sena, may now have to miss the examination beginning Nov 23.
"She was supposed to sit for the SPM examination, but it looks like she may not be able to because her right hand is injured," Sanusi said.
Kota Setar OCPD Asst Comm Syed Basri Syed Ali said preliminary investigations found the accident occurred at about 4pm when the victim was riding from her college in Pokok Sena towards Alor Setar.
He said she was believed to have lost control of the motorcycle, causing it to skid into a drain.
Members of the public and medical personnel helped her before she was taken to Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah for treatment.
Her condition was reported to be stable.
The case is being investigated under Section 43(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
