BATU PAHAT, Aug. 22 -- A local university student on a semester breakwas killed after the motorcycle she was riding collided with a car in front of the Pekan Sri Medan mosque here on Wednesday.

The victim, Putri Alya Maisara, 19, was pinned beneath the car in the 5.30pm crash, and bystanders had to lift the vehicle to free her body,Harian Metro reported today.

"About 5.40pm, someone called me using her phone to say that Putri Alya had been in an accident. I asked how she was, and the person told me she was unconscious," her father Halim Lewo, 56, told the Malay daily.

"When I saw that she was gone, my heart sank. All I could utter was 'Allahuakbar, Innalillahiwainnailaihirojiun' as I looked at her body," he was quoted as saying.

Halim...