KUANTAN: A teenager’s trip home after a religious class proved to be her last when she died in an accident at KM20 of Jalan Lipis-Merapoh near Kampung Gua in Kuala Lipis on Thursday (July 11) afternoon.

Kuala Lipis police chief Supt Ismail Man said in the accident at about 5.50pm, Nor Arisya Husniyah Azli Hisham, 14, died at the spot after the motorcycle she was riding pillion on collided with a lorry.

He said the biker, 14-year-old Nur Alana Damia Kamarul Azmi, was taken to Kuala Lipis Hospital with injuries.

“According to investigations, the 58-year-old lorry driver was coming from the direction of Ladang Selborne on his way back to Kampung Selindang, while the teenagers had just finished their religious class at Kampung Gua and were heading home to Kampung Padang Tengku.

“At the intersection, the motorcycle collided with the lorry heading on the direct route from Merapoh towards Lipis,” he said in a statement on Friday (July 12).

Ismail said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 and appealed to any witnesses to come forward. – Bernama