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 29/02/2008:
A happy father never reached home to see his new born daughter |
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MOMENT: Banun went hysteria as Tiong embraced the grieving mother. |
| BINTULU: A happy father who rushed
home to break the news of the birth of his daughter never reached home
to accomplish the task. The motorcycle that he was riding collided with
an oil taker and it killed him instantly at Jalan Sultan Iskandar.
John Tandang died a tragic death on Thursday at 4pm when his body was stuck to the tanker in the collision. The vehicle dragged his body for about eight feet before it came to a halt. John's legs were badly crushed and his intestines were visible due to the open wound on his stomach. The father of two had just come from the hospital where her wife laboured, and he was heading home with the news. His mother said John was also going home to get food and towel for his wife in the hospital. Before the accident, John was believed to have lost control of his motorcycle. The oil taker behind him was believed to have ram up from behind. John was carrying a pillion rider then. The unidentified man suffered serious head injuries and was hospitalised. John left behind his wife, their eldest son and their just-born girl infant. BN candidate for Bintulu Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing heard of the accident and rushed to the scene before he went to the hospital to see John's family. Tiong, who is also a Justice of the Peace, was saddened when he arrived to see John's family as folks of Rumah Nyegang from Sungei Pakis. The village in Upper Kemena River is a part of his constituency that he has been serving for two parliamentary terms. Tiong has known John's family well. John's mother, Banun Langga, broke down and went hysteria when he saw Tiong coming to consul her. The two hugged and cried. Meanwhile, Senator Pau Chiong Ung, confirmed yesterday that his SPDP party would help John's family to pull through the tragedy financially and emotionally. He confirmed that both Tiong and John's family were buddies and Tiong had often visited them when he was in the Upper Kemena village. Before his death, John was working as a foreman in a metal workshop. He and his family had come to Bintulu to seek for greener pasture. |
