A student was killed and two others were injured when hit by a blade from a lawn tractor at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tuanku Abdul Rahman near Gemas yesterday.
- Victim died on the spot when blade sliced her skull
- A state archer, grandniece of former sprint king
- Driver of lawn mower released on police bail
- No foul play suspected
Tampin district police chief Supt Hamazah Ab Razak said Form Two student Nur Afini Roslan, 14, was killed in the 10.30 am incident when she was hit by a broken blade from a ride-on lawnmower.
The blade sliced open part of her skull and she died on the spot.
Her body was sent to Tampin Hospital for post-mortem.
The two injured students are Form Two student Abdullah Hazlan, 14, and Form One student Mohd Farhan Reza Badrol Hesam, 13.
He said Abdullah was injured on the right ear, while Mohd Farhan Reza was wounded at the back of the head. Both of them were sent to the Gemas Health Clinic for treatment.
A preliminary investigation found that the three students were with a group who were on the school field rehearsing for their Sports Day event when grass-cutting using the lawn tractor was in progress.
The 26-year-old driver of the ride-on lawn mower was detained following the incident but he has been released on police bail.
A preliminary police probe showed there was no criminal element involved in the incident.
“We are still investigating the incident under section 304 of the Penal Code for manslaughter.
“We will work with other agencies to establish what actually caused the incident and what caused the blade to break,” Hamazah said.
Nur Afini was a keen archer who had only just moved to Gemas from Pahang with her father-cum-coach before the new school term began last month.
Her aunt Norrizah Samat, 53, a teacher at a primary school in Gemas, questioned how the lawnmower was allowed to operate on the field while students were present.
Norizzah said she was in class when she got a call from her older brother Roslan Samat, 55, Nor Afini’s father.
One of Nor Afini’s schoolmates, who declined to be identified, said the lawnmower operator was cutting the grass a short distance from where the students had gathered, The Star reported.
“All of a sudden, we heard screams. Nor Afini collapsed and we were shocked to see how bad her injury was,” she was quoted saying.
Another of Nor Afini’s aunts, who chose to remain anonymous, said at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital (TJH) mortuary that the girl had represented Pahang in archery.
She said Nor Afini was so passionate about the sport that she decided to follow her father when he moved to Gemas to work on the family’s oil palm plot.
It was learnt that besides Nor Afini, the father also trained her three older siblings in archery and they all went on to represent Pahang in the sport.
Nor Afini’s body was initially taken to Tampin Hospital for a post-mortem but police then decided to conduct it at TJH in Seremban.
Roslan, who accompanied his daughter’s body to TJH in a police Land Rover, burst into tears as photographers and television crews approached the vehicle.
Seated alone at the back, he had to be helped out by relatives.
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Nur Afini is believed to be the grandniece of former sprint champion Datuk Rabuan Pit.
It was also learnt that the school’s Sports Day has been cancelled.