Man dies, son injured in crash with car

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Saha relates how he helped the victims.

Saha relates how he helped the victims.

One of the victims landed on the front windscreen of the car.

One of the victims landed on the front windscreen of the car.

 Ja’afar Juai

Ja’afar Juai

SIBU: A man was killed on the spot while his son was critically injured when the motorcycle they were travelling on collided with a car at Mile 8 Tunku Abdul Rahman Road here about 8.10am yesterday.

Ja’afar Juai, 50, from Kampung Jeriah, Mile 7 1/2 here died from head injuries.

He was flung onto the opposite lane of the dual-carriage way by the impact.

His son, Mohd Firdarus, 23, landed on the front windscreen of the car driven by a 41-year-old woman. He sustained serious head injuries.

The car was travelling in the direction of Sibu Airport while Ja’afar was sending his son to a driving school near the area when the accident struck.

Deputy Sibu police chief Supt Martin Koo said initial investigation by the police found the motorcycle suddenly switching lane to make a U-turn to get to the driving school.

A 50-year-old motorcyclist known only as Saha was among the first few passers-by who stopped by to help.

Saha said he was on his way to Stapang to work.

Meanwhile, a man from Kuching had a rude shock Wednesday morning when he discovered the rear windscreen of his car parked near a hotel in Lanang Road here smashed.

The man, in his 30s, said a box of foodstuff in the car was missing.

A police report has been lodged.