A SENIOR lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) died after collapsing during the Langkawi International Half Marathon 2022 this morning.

Langkawi police chief Shariman Ashari said police received a call at 10.30am from a doctor on duty at Sultanah Maliha Hospital’s Emergency Unit stating that Nik Mohd Faiz Nik Mohd Azmi, 37, died on the way to the hospital.

“He was a participant in the Langkawi International Half Marathon 2022, had collapsed near the finish line and was unconscious.

“Medical and Civil Defence Force (APM) personnel administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation before he was taken to Sultanah Maliha Hospital,” he said in a statement today.

Shariman said the body would be referred to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital for a post-mortem, adding that the case had been classified as sudden death. – Bernama, December 17, 2022.