KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3 -- A journey by two brothers turned tragic when one of them was killed after the motorcycle they were riding hit a drain under construction along Jalan Bunga Tanjung here last night.

In the incident at about 10.10pm, the victim, a Form Two student, was riding on a motorcycle with his 17-year-old brother on their way to a friend's house in Kuala Ina.

Tampin district police chief Superintendent Amiruddien Sariman said the motorcycle was believed to have gone out of control before skidding off the road, causing the victim to be thrown into a 10-metre-deep drain, Buletin TV3 reported.

"The road accident on Jalan Bunga Tanjung involved a Yamaha Y100 motorcycle ridden by a 17-year-old male with his younger brother, a 14-...