A MAN was killed while his friend was seriously injured when a tree fell onto the motorcycle they were riding on at Jalan Seremban-Tampin late last night.

Seremban district police chief Nanda Maarof said in the 12.30am incident, the motorcyclist Muhammad Ikram Mohd Yazid, 21, from Rembau, died at the scene due to severe head injuries.

The pillion rider identified as Ammar Zarif Mohamad Junaidi, 18, from Seri Kembangan, Selangor, who suffered serious injuries to his body is being treated at the Rembau Hospital red zone.

“They were travelling from Senawang towards Rembau on a Yamaha FZ150 motorcycle when a tree on the left of the road uprooted and fell right on them.

The accident took place along a two-lane straight road with no street lighting so it was dark. However, the weather was fine when the accident occurred,” he said in a statement today.

Nanda said the body was taken to the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital Forensic Department for post-mortem and the case was being investigated under section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. – Bernama, December 25, 2022.