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KUANTAN – A WhatsApp message from her husband showing a photo of the fried rice he had ordered was the last communication they shared before she received news that he had been killed in a crash involving more than 30 motorcycles and a car at KM246.4 of the East Coast Expressway (LPT) towards Kemaman early on Saturday.
Farah Aqilah Mohamad Nazri, 30, said her husband, Muhammad Hafiz Al Hakim Mazlan, 33, did not contact her again after sending the photo.
"At about 1am, I received a phone call. I thought it was my husband.
"Instead, it was the wife of one of his friends, informing me that he had been involved in an accident on the LPT1," she said when met at the Forensic Department of Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) here on Saturday.
Farah said she was devastated after learning that her husband was among the four people killed in the crash.
"The last time we met was before he left home on Friday evening.
"He only told me he was going to Kuantan with his friends. I already knew about the plan because he had mentioned a few days earlier that he wanted to have a meal at a famous restaurant there," she said.
The employee of a private company in Paka, Terengganu said her husband, who worked as a driver, had been passionate about motorcycles and had actively participated in riding activities since buying a Yamaha RX-Z several years ago.
"I never stopped him from pursuing his passion, but I never joined him because I was never interested in riding," she said tearfully.
Hafiz also leaves behind his three-month-old son, Muhammad Hud Qays.
Meanwhile, Hafiz's father, Mazlan Abdullah, 61, said he only learned of the accident involving his third child out of six siblings through a phone call.
"I don't really know what happened.
"His remains will be laid to rest at the Kampung Limbong Muslim Cemetery in Paka, Terengganu, after the post-mortem is completed," he said.
In the crash, which occurred at about 1am, Che Mohd Sufian Che Ghani, 40, and Mohd Aizat Husni, 33, both from Jerteh, Terengganu, also died at the scene alongside Hafiz.
Another rider, Muhammad Safawi Md Noh, 24, from Felda Neram 2, Kemaman, died while receiving treatment at HTAA.
The rear passenger of a Toyota Vios, Nur Irish Adelia Aziz, 13, sustained neck injuries and was taken to the same hospital for treatment, while the driver, Muhammad Irfan Aziz, 25, was unharmed.
