Two Malaysian Students Killed In Road Accident In Pekanbaru

JAKARTA, April 30 (Bernama) -- Two Malaysian students were killed after the motorcycle they were on was involved in a collision with a lorry in Pekanbaru, Sumatra at about 3.30pm local time Sunday. According to a spokesman at the Malaysian embassy here, they were students of Universiti Islam Negeri Sultan Sharif Kasim PekanBaru Riau in northern Sumatera. He identified the students as Mohamad Shaiful Bukhari Ammat , 25, and Ameer Hakimi Azman, 20, and said that the next-of-kin had been notified. "Their motorcycle was reported to have hit the lorry which had stopped in the middle of a road in Pekanbaru town," the spokesman said. Ameer Hakimi, from Penang, was reported to have died while being rushed to the Rumah Sakit Aulia hospital in Pekanbaru whereas Mohamad Shaiful, from Sabah, died at the same hospital at 5pm while receiving treatment. -- BERNAMA