Policeman Killed While Helping Accident Victim

KUALA TERENGGANU, Aug 10 (Bernama) -- A traffic policeman and three passers-by went to the rescue of a motorist whose car had swerved off the road at the 25km stretch of Jalan Kuala Terengganu-Kuantan in Marang Sunday night.
Sadly, the motorist did not get to thank Corporal Nik Mohd Fadeli Abdul Ghani for his good deed.
In what can only be described as a freak accident, a car skidded and rammed a stationary vehicle which in turn, ploughed into Nik Mohd Fadeli and the passers-by.
The impact of the crash sent the policeman and a tow-truck driver identified only as Rosli, into a trench filled with knee-deep water.
Nik Mohd Fadeli, 48, who sustained head injuries, drowned in the trench in the incident about 11.30pm, near Kampung Alur Toman.
Rosli, in his 20s, and the two other helpers, Mohd Husain Ibrahim, 32, of Kampung Mengabang Telipot, Wan Mohd Yuzairi Ismail, 25, of Kampung Gong Beris, sustained head and body injuries.
They were warded at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital. The policeman's body was sent to its mortuary for post-mortem.
Acting Marang police chief ASP Zohan Che Seman said Nik Mohd Fadeli, of the district police headquarters traffic unit, and the injured victims were helping the driver of a Nissan Cefiro which had earlier, swerved off the road.
He said, at that juncture, a Proton Waja driven by a man, skidded and rammed into the rear of Mohd Husain's Proton Wira which he had parked by the road-shoulder to help the Nissan car driver.
"The impact (of the crash) caused the stationary Proton Wira to plough into Nik Mohd Fadeli, Rosli, Mohd Husain and Wan Mohd Yuzairi, while the Proton Waja spun out of control and rammed into another car across the road," he told reporters here Monday.
Zohan said the impact of the collision sent Nik Mohd Fadeli and Rosli into the trench where the policeman eventually drowned.
"Due to the state of panic, nobody realised that the policeman was missing until his partner found him lying face down in the trench," he added.
Meanwhile, Wan Mohd Yuzairi, who was pinned down under the Nissan car, sustained broken legs and partially-severed earlobes.
Nik Mohd Fadeli will be buried at his hometown in Pasir Putih, Kelantan.
The 36-year-old driver of the Proton Waja was remanded for four days to facilitate investigations under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transportation Act 1987.

tunku : what a sad ending for such a brave police officer. we hope his family is being taken care of by the force.what a tragedy.it is so ................ AL FATIHAH.