Wild boar attacks family on motorcycle, kills man and injures four

KUANTAN: A man died while his wife and three children were injured after the motorcycle they were riding on was hit by a wild boar at KM21.5 Ibam-Rompin Road, near Rompin, Tuesday night.

The victim, Syed Abdullah Syed Ali, 32, from Mardi Housing, Muadzam Shah died on the spot due to severe head and body injuries.

Pahang Traffic and Public Order chief Supt Mohamed Fauzi Abdul Rahim said the family was travelling from their house to Muadzam Shah to buy milk in the 8pm incident.

"Upon reaching the scene, it was believed that the wild boar suddenly emerged from the bush nearby to cross the road before hitting their motorcycle.

"As a result, the victims fell onto the road, but the wife, 22, and three children, aged one, two and four years old sustained only minor injuries," he said.

It was believed that during the incident, one of the victim's children was sitting at the front of the motorcycle, another child was sitting on his wife's lap while the third was being held by his wife.

He said all the injured victims had received treatment at Muadzam Shah Hospital and the case was being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. - Bernama

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Wednesday June 12 2013.