KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 5 -- A 17-year-old SPM candidate was killed and his schoolmate seriously injured after their motorcycle crashed into a concrete mixer lorry along Jalan Lunas-Bandar Permata in Kulim yesterday.

Kulim District Deputy Police Chief, Deputy Superintendent Tengku Mohd Faisal Tengku Yeng, said both teenagers were students at SMK Padang Serai.

He told Astro Awani that police received a call from a member of the public at 4.15pm reporting a collision involving a Yamaha Lagenda 100 motorcycle and a concrete mixer lorry.

"The SPM candidate who was riding the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene from severe head and body injuries," he said.

According to Tengku Mohd Faisal, early investigations suggest the motorcycle had ...