KUANTAN: An Orang Asli youth died after being gored by a wild boar while hunting in the Lombong Selinsing oil palm plantation in Sungai Koyan, Lipis, yesterday.
Lipis police chief Superintendent Ismail Man said Johan Yok Boi, 24, from Pos Sinderut, was hunting with four friends when the incident happened about 1pm.
He said, on encountering the wild boar, Johan threw a spear at it but missed, causing the animal to charge at him.
"In an attempt to escape, the victim climbed a nearby oil palm tree but fell from it. He was repeatedly attacked by the boar, sustaining severe injuries to his thigh," he said in a statement.
Ismail added that the victim was rushed to the Sungai Koyan Health Clinic by his friends before being transferred to the Kuala Lipis Hospital.
However, Johan was pronounced dead at 5.55pm due to a ruptured femoral artery in his right thigh.
Police have classified the case as a sudden death due to a wild animal attack.