MELAKA: A p-hailing rider was killed when his motorcycle skidded and crashed into a Tenaga Nasional Bhd feeder pillar along Jalan Ayer Keroh-Gapam last night.
The victim, identified as 48-year-old Tan Tian Hau, succumbed to his injuries and died at the scene of the 9pm accident.
Melaka Tengah district police chief Assistant Commissioner Christopher Patit said initial investigations revealed that the victim was travelling from Gapam towards Ayer Keroh.
"At the location, the victim is believed to have lost control of his motorcycle before crashing into the roadside feeder pillar," he said in a statement today.
He added that the body of the victim was sent to the Melaka Hospital forensic unit for post-mortem.