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Australian Couple Involved In Accident, Man Dies While Wife Severely Injured

BESUT (Terengganu, Malaysia), Sept 4 (Bernama) -- An Australian man was killed while his wife was seriously injured when the motorcycle they were riding on was involved in an accident with a car at KM 112 of Jalan Kuala Terengganu-Kota Bahru near Kampung Lak Lok in Malaysia's east coast state of Terengganu at around 11.30 am Thursday. The victim, who was identified only as Fennamore, 85, died on the spot while his wife Anna Dorothy Saunsbury, 65, broke her right thigh and had to be treated at the Besut District Hospital here. Besut police chief Khaled Supt Che Lah, when confirming the incident, said the couple was on their way from Kuala Terengganu town to a materials' recycling facility at Kampung Lak Lok (a local village) on a Honda PCX Scooter. He said while the couple were trying to cross the road to turn into a pathway, a car from behind being driven by project supervisor Faridah Mohamad, 24, failed to avoid the motorcycle and rammed into them. Faridah did not sustain any injury. Besut is the northernmost district in the Malaysia's Terengganu. --BERNAMA

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