Was looking around online for confirmation, & CNA just
posted the following on their website 10 minutes ago.
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 01 January 2005 1755 hrs
Land Rover Club member on way to Krabi dies in accident
SINGAPORE : The Land Rover Club, on the way to Krabi in Thailand to
help victims of the tsunami disaster, suffered a loss
themselves.
On Saturday morning, a member of the 30-car convoy lost control of
his vehicle, crashed and died.
The accident happened along Malaysia's North-South Highway, near
Alor Star.
The convoy was just 60 kilometres from the Thai border.
Fong Peng Khoon, who would have turned 46 on Monday, died after he
apparently lost control of his vehicle along the highway.
Fong's sister told Channel NewsAsia that her brother is a divorcee
with a 10-year-old son.
A member of the Land Rover Club who was travelling with the convoy,
arrived at the scene some 2 to 3 minutes after the accident.
Indi Tulsi, Land Rover Club, said, "When I arrived there, Fong was
already taken out of the vehicle. There were some professional
nurses there who were trying to resuscitate him. And they did a
very good job and he was starting to breathe on his own again. By
then the ambulance arrived and they took him to Sungei Petani
Hospital. But I understand he collapsed again on the journey.
"In the morning we started our journey at about 7.30 and the
tragedy struck at about 8-8.15. We were just half an hour into our
journey and this is not because of fatigue or anything like that."
- CNA
My condolences to his family. Guys, again: This is the real thing.
Our volunteers are heading into the chaos & the
unpredictable.
