UiTM duathlon: 9 participants experience breathing difficulties, 1 dies
KUANTAN: Nine Komander Kesatria Endurance Challenge (KKEC) participants, including a 21-year-old male student who died yesterday, experienced breathing difficulties during the duathlon event on Sept 4.
KUALA LUMPUR: Nine participants of the Komander Kesatria Endurance Challenge (KKEC) duathlon, including a 21-year-old male student, suffered breathing difficulties during the event held at the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Jengka campus on September 4. The young man, Fadhlan Fakhry Solana Mohd Fellimal, died at the intensive care unit of Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital in Temerloh around 2.08pm on the same day.
The Maran police chief, Superintendent Wong Kim Wai, reported that two students were still admitted to the hospital's ICU, with six others receiving treatment at Jengka Hospital, all in stable condition. Investigations revealed that the nine students, comprised of five men and four women, experienced breathing difficulties while participating in the event at 9.57pm.
A male student from UiTM Seremban, who was in critical condition due to a severe drop in oxygen levels, was transferred to the intensive care unit of Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital, where he unfortunately passed away. The Temerloh police headquarters was alerted to the student's death by the hospital, which then informed the Maran police operations room.
A post-mortem was conducted at the hospital's forensic unit, with results pending further laboratory analysis. Wong also mentioned that two participants were admitted to Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital's ICU on the same day after experiencing a drop in oxygen levels and are currently stable. Six students are receiving treatment at Jengka Hospital, under observation.
The KKEC duathlon, which featured 521 participants from various UiTM campuses across Malaysia (excluding Sarawak), comprised an 8km run, a 20km cycling event, and a 10km team endurance Mara Lasak event. Fadhlan Fakhry, representing UiTM Negri Sembilan, was a final-year diploma student at Seremban campus and had participated in the previous two editions of the KKEC without any issues.
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