Good Deed Turns Into Tragedy
By Liza Mohd

Bandar Seri Begawan - A man, who was just trying to do a good deed, died yesterday after helping to push-start a broken down car.

Maikkappan Kanaga Sabai, a 54-year-old Indian national, suddenly collapsed after he and a friend managed to push-start the vehicle which broke down at the parking lot of the old cinema in Seria town.

According to reports, the victim and his friend working in a private company at Jalan Sungai Pandan went in the company's vehicle to Seria town yesterday morning to buy some items. They parked at the parking lot where they came across the vehicle whose engine failed to start.

Assisting the driver, they pushed the vehicle in an attempt to start the engine.

They succeeded, however, the victim unexpectedly collapsed, panicking his friend and passers-by who offered assistance to the man in the 7.50am incident which attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

The friend phoned the police nearby and eight police personnel came to control the situation and made an emergency call for an ambulance.

However, the victim, who has been working as a mechanic in Brunei for about seven years, was pronounced dead as soon as the ambulance arrived at Suri Seri Begawan hospital. A post-mortem will be done today to determine the cause of death.

The death shocked his friends and colleagues, who said the victim was due to return to his hometown in India next year. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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