PE student-teacher killed in Johor camping accident
Posted: 15 May 2007 1557 hrs
A 27 year old Physical Education student teacher has died in a
camping accident at Mount Ophir in Johor.
Mohammad Rohaizam Bin Tumadi, a first-year Postgraduate Diploma
student teacher at the NIE died from injuries received when a tree
fell on him during an early morning downpour today.
He was given first-aid at the camp site and at first light, was
taken down Mount Ophir to emergency services which had been
activated.
Mohammad Rohaizam was taken to Tangkak Hospital in Johor where he
was pronounced dead.
The accident happened just one day before the end of the Outdoor
Experiential Camp, a compulsory seven-day module for all first-year
Physical Education student teachers enrolled in NIEs teacher
preparation programmes.
The camp is to introduce PE student teachers to Outdoor Education
as a teaching tool.
There were 65 participants in the group at Mount Ophir which was
one of three training camps. - CNA/sf