Thursday March 29, 2012 MYT 9:30:59 PM
TASEK GELUGOR: Seberang Prai Municipal councillor Bakhtiar Appandi Yahya died after being involved in an accident with a lorry in Taman Desa Sena Indah here Thursday.
The driver, in his 30s, was beaten up by the witnesses, armed with crash helmets, when he came down from his lorry to check on Bakhtiar's condition.
He had to be rescued by a police team. He was then sent to the Kepala Batas Hospital where he was warded with head and body injuries.
His lorry was torched.
The 56-year old two-term councillor, a pest control company branch manager, was said to be heading to his Lorong Desa Sena 11 home on a motorcycle when the incident happened at about 5pm.
He died on the spot due to head and body injuries.
Fellow councillor S. Guanalan said he had just met Bakhtiar in a meeting at the coucil headquarters in Bandar Perda, Bukit Mertajam, at 2.30pm.
“I was chatting with him after the meeting ended at 4pm, and he left for home several minutes later. I could not believe it when I head the tragic news later.”
Council president Maimunah Mohd Sharif said she was shocked to hear of Bakhtiar's sudden demise, noting that fellow council employees and councillors would miss him.
“He was a jovial person and I remember him dancing when I sang a song during the council's Hari Anugerah ceremony in the Bertam Sports Complex recently.”
She added that it would be a sad day at the full council meeting Friday, noting that council secretary Rozali Mohamud would proceed to read aloud the answers to the written questions which Bakhtiar had submitted earlier.
TASEK GELUGOR: Seberang Prai Municipal councillor Bakhtiar Appandi Yahya died after being involved in an accident with a lorry in Taman Desa Sena Indah here Thursday.
The driver, in his 30s, was beaten up by the witnesses, armed with crash helmets, when he came down from his lorry to check on Bakhtiar's condition.
He had to be rescued by a police team. He was then sent to the Kepala Batas Hospital where he was warded with head and body injuries.
His lorry was torched.
The 56-year old two-term councillor, a pest control company branch manager, was said to be heading to his Lorong Desa Sena 11 home on a motorcycle when the incident happened at about 5pm.
He died on the spot due to head and body injuries.
Fellow councillor S. Guanalan said he had just met Bakhtiar in a meeting at the coucil headquarters in Bandar Perda, Bukit Mertajam, at 2.30pm.
“I was chatting with him after the meeting ended at 4pm, and he left for home several minutes later. I could not believe it when I head the tragic news later.”
Council president Maimunah Mohd Sharif said she was shocked to hear of Bakhtiar's sudden demise, noting that fellow council employees and councillors would miss him.
“He was a jovial person and I remember him dancing when I sang a song during the council's Hari Anugerah ceremony in the Bertam Sports Complex recently.”
She added that it would be a sad day at the full council meeting Friday, noting that council secretary Rozali Mohamud would proceed to read aloud the answers to the written questions which Bakhtiar had submitted earlier.
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