SUNGAI PETANI: A 60-year-old farmer from Kampung Perlis in Tikam Batu near here died after falling off a petai tree this morning.
Kuala Muda police chief Assistant Commissioner Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail said the victim, identified only as Ahmad Yaakop died at the scene due to multiple head and limb injuries.
"The victim's brother, identified as Abdul Rahman, 51, said a neighbour rushed to his house informing him that the victim had fallen off a petai tree in an orchard at the village.
"His brother made a distress call and medical responders who arrived at the scene confirmed that the victim had died," he said in a statement.
The body was sent to Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital for a post-mortem examination.