Kuala Kangsar: A police sergeant was killed while on his way home to Kedah after the motorcycle he was riding skidded at Kilometre 253.7 of the North-South Expressway (NSE) northbound near Kuala Kangsar yesterday.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Perak police chief Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin stated that the incident occurred at about 7.24 pm. The victim, Shamsul Ishak, 58, who was attached to the Special Branch of the Kedah contingent police headquarters, sustained injuries to his left rib area.

Further investigations revealed that the victim appeared to have lost control of the motorcycle, veering off and crashing into the metal road divider, resulting in him being thrown off. Severely injured, Shamsul was taken by ambulance to Taiping Hospital for further treatment. Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead at around 9.24 pm in the hospital's emergency ward.

The police chief mentioned that Shamsul was believed to have been on holiday, returning to Alor Setar, Kedah after visiting friends across the state. Investigations are ongoing, and the case is being examined under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.