UPM senior lecturer dies after collapsing during Langkawi half marathon

ALOR STAR – A Universiti Putra Malaysia senior lecturer died after collapsing during the Langkawi International Half Marathon 2022 on the island this morning.

Langkawi district police chief Shariman Ashari said that they received a call at 10.30am from a doctor on duty at Sultanah Maliha Hospital’s emergency unit stating that Nik Mohd Faiz Nik Mohd Azmi, 37, died on the way to the hospital.

“He was a participant in the Langkawi International Half Marathon 2022 and preliminary investigations found that he collapsed near the finish line and was unconscious.

“Medical and Civil Defence Force personnel administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation before he was taken to Sultanah Maliha Hospital,” he said in a statement today.

Shariman said the body would be referred to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital here for a post-mortem, adding that the case had been classified as sudden death. – Bernama, December 17, 2022