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National Hockey Player Boon Huat Dies In Road Accident

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PETALING JAYA, Aug 1 – National hockey player Chua Boon Huat was killed early today in a road accident on the Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP) near the Kelana Jaya LRT station, police said.

_41569594_hockey_416The Proton Perdana car driven by Chua, 33, is believed to have collided with a tanker lorry watering plants along the LDP in the 2.25am accident, said a spokesman of the Petaling Jaya Police.

A Fire & Rescue team comprising an officer and five personnel from Damansara rushed to the scene of the accident to remove Chua who was trapped in his car, he said.

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image (1)Chua was injured in the head and had died on the spot, he added.

“The body was sent to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for a post mortem,” he said when contacted by Bernama.

Chua, who was from Bukit Cina, Melaka, had played hockey for the country since 1998 when he was just 17.

 

– BERNAMA