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South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
Haunted by baby elephant's death, Malaysian lorry driver shares anguish: ‘my heart aches'
The lorry driver whose vehicle struck and killed a baby elephant on a dark mountain road in Malaysia last month has spoken of the anguish and guilt he continues to carry. Advertisement 'It weighs heavily on me. Each time I pass by the road, my heart aches,' said the driver, who wished to be identified only as Azhar. Azhar was behind the wheel in the early hours of May 11, travelling along the East–West Highway in Perak when the fatal accident occurred. The male calf was pinned beneath the lorry. In a heart-wrenching scene that left many Malaysians in tears, the calf's mother repeatedly charged the lorry in a desperate attempt to free her young, then stood vigil beside the vehicle for nearly five hours. 'When I think about the baby elephant, I feel really sad. I will not forget the moment,' he said, recounting his experience that night. Advertisement A seasoned driver from Kedah, Azhar has transported chickens from Penang to a slaughterhouse in Kota Baru for the past two years, using the same forest-lined route almost daily. His days typically begin at 4.30pm, when he collects poultry from farms, before setting off on the long overnight drive by 8pm.
Free Malaysia Today
16-05-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Woman dies, 2 sons hurt in car-lorry crash
Fire and rescue department personnel with the wreckage of the car that collided with a lorry in Gua Musang today. (JBPM pic) PETALING JAYA : A woman was killed while her two sons were injured when the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a 10-tonne lorry at Felda Chiku 3 in Gua Musang, Kelantan, today. Gua Musang fire and rescue station operations commander Razani Mamat said Rohaya Jaafar, 42, had picked up her sons, aged nine and 14, from school when the accident occurred at 1.30pm. 'The fire and rescue team managed to extricate the victim, who was pinned in her car, but she was confirmed dead by the medical team at about 2.30pm,' Bernama reported him as saying. Razani said the nine-year-old boy suffered injuries to his head while the 14-year-old suffered injuries to his head and feet. The lorry driver escaped unhurt. The body was handed over to police while the two boys were taken to hospital.
Malay Mail
15-05-2025
- Malay Mail
‘Brake failure' behind Banting fatal crash? Lorry driver under four-day remand over courier worker's death, cops say no prior criminal record
BANTING, May 15 — Police have remanded a lorry driver for investigation into the fatal road crash that killed a multinational courier company employee on Jalan Labohan here yesterday. Kuala Langat district police chief, Superintendent Akmalrizal Radzi, said the four-day remand order by the Telok Datok Magistrate's Court for the suspect, a man in his 30s, takes effect from today. 'Checks revealed that the suspect has no prior criminal record. The four-day remand is to facilitate further investigation,' he was quoted as saying by Utusan Malaysia. Earlier, the Malay newspaper reported that a motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a lorry along Jalan Labohan in Banting at approximately 1.30p.m May 14. The accident involved a 10-tonne lorry and a motorcycle ridden by the victim, a man in his 40s. The victim died at the scene after becoming trapped beneath the lorry. Fire and rescue personnel were called in to retrieve the body. Preliminary investigations suggest that brake failure may have caused the accident. The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
