MELAKA: A mother could not hide her grief after her son was killed in an accident at the Taman Paya Emas traffic light junction when colliding with a car.
"Pity my son. He was tired and on his way home from work when the accident happened.
"When I watched the video footage of the accident that went viral, it was the car's (driver's) fault, not my son," said housewife Jamilah Said.
Jamilah was inconsolable and kept hugging family members while waiting for her son's remains at Hospital Melaka's the Forensics Department on Monday.
In the 9.15pm incident on Sunday, Jamilah's son Amir Asyraaf Abdul Zalil, 24, who was riding his Yamaha YZF-R15M motorcycle when he collided with a Perodua Viva at the traffic light junction along the Lebuh Sungai Udang-Paya Rumpur-Alor Gajah (SPA).
Jamilah said she had just performed Isyak prayers when some people came over to their house in Taman Seri Jeram, Masjid Tanah to inform her and the family of the accident.
She said there were no drastic changes shown by Amir prior to the accident, although he was unusually quiet and did not eat as much.
"He was a good son and he would salam before heading out to work and yesterday was no different.
"It's just that over the past two to three days I noticed that he did not talk much and he ate bread when he got home from work and he constantly washed his new motorcycle.
"I did not know that there were signs that he would leave us," she said when met earlier.
Jamilah said the third out of five siblings was still a bachelor and was planning on tying the knot sometime next year.
He had even saved up money from his job as an engineering assistant at a factory in Batu Berendam, she said.
"He was at this job of his for a year and six months, and he was planning to settle down with a girl that he had studied with at Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi Mara Kuantan," she said, stressing that she hopes her son's death will not be in vain and that justice will prevail.
Her husband, Abdul Zalil Aman, 60, said he was at a loss for words as he is too distraught over his son's death.
He said he had been crying and sobbing a lot that close relatives had been trying to calm him down.
Their son's remains were laid to rest at the Kampung Jeram Muslim Cemetery in Masjid Tanah.
Meanwhile, Melaka Tengah district police chief, Assistant Commissioner Christopher Patit said investigation revealed that the victim was riding his motorcycle heading towards Masjid Tanah when a Perodua Viva from Sungai Udang suddenly turned right causing the collision.
"The motorcyclist died on the spot at the scene of the accident while the driver of the Perodua Viva is being treated in the red zone of Hospital Melaka," he said when contacted, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.