A 36-year-old Taiping Zoo worker was killed after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a cow believed to have wandered onto a road in Kuala Trong, Perak, early Friday morning.
The victim, identified as Zulkiflie Mohd Ghazali, was travelling on a MDA Sporter S motorcycle when the accident happened at about 1am along Jalan Kuala Trong-Trong.
Taiping district police chief Assistant Commissioner Saravanan Shanmmugam said preliminary investigations found that the cow had crossed the road from left to right, leaving the motorcyclist unable to avoid it.
He added that the accident site was believed to have no street lighting, making it difficult for motorists to see clearly along the road.
“Following the accident, the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel from Taiping Hospital.
“The cow involved in the accident also died,” he said in a statement on Friday.
The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
Meanwhile, Bukit Gantang MP Datuk Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal expressed his condolences over Zulkiflie’s death, describing the incident as deeply saddening.
He said the tragedy highlighted the recurring problem of livestock roaming freely around roads within the parliamentary constituency.
“I am deeply saddened that the deceased lost his life in an accident involving a cow in Kuala Trong.
“More distressingly, cows wandering onto roads are not a new problem. Similar incidents have happened repeatedly, yet the issue has still not been fully resolved,” he said in a Facebook post on Friday.
Syed Abu Hussin called for stricter and more comprehensive action by the relevant enforcement agencies against negligent livestock owners who allow their animals to roam freely and endanger road users.
He stressed that the law must be enforced seriously to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.
