KUALA LUMPUR: A 29-year-old policeman was killed in a hit-and-run accident near a petrol station in Taman Tenaga, Jalan Puchong near here early today.
Lance Corporal Raynoldie Rabdi, who was attached to the escort branch at the Brickfields district police was riding a Yamaha Y15 motorcycle when another vehicle crashed into him at an intersection in the 5.30am incident.
Brickfields district police chief, Assistant Commissioner Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood, who confirmed the incident said Raynoldie died on the spot.
His remains were later sent to the Sultan Idris Shah Hospital in Serdang.
"His remains have been flown to Kota Kinabalu at 8am today accompanied by his widow, the couple's two-year-old child and other family members.
"He is expected to be laid to rest in his hometown in Kampung Tangaban, Tambunan, Sabah.
"The victim had been serving for five years in the police," Ku Mashariman told the New Straits Times.
He said the case is investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.