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Four members of a family, including three siblings aged 18, 11, and eight, died in a motorcycle accident near Pontian, Malaysia. The crash occurred as they returned from a trip to a school that had been temporarily shut down because of hazardous air quality due to the haze. Despite warnings from their mother and grandmother about the closed school, the siblings insisted on checking it out themselves with their elder brother driving them there by motorcycle.

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On a recent Thursday, three siblings from Pontian, Malaysia—Nordaniel Aiman Norlizan (18), Nordaniel Fikri Norlizan (11), and Puteri Naufa Raisha Norlizan (eight)—were killed in a motorcycle accident while attempting to go to school despite it being closed due to hazardous haze conditions. The elder brother, who had taken the younger siblings on his motorcycle to verify if the school was indeed closed, also died in the crash. The tragedy occurred approximately 200 meters from their home when they were returning from what they thought would be a check-up visit to the school. Their grandfather discovered the children lying motionless at the scene of the accident. According to the aunt, Norimah Khamis (40), the family had been informed earlier in the day by both the mother and grandmother that schools were closed due to hazardous air quality from the haze.

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3 siblings killed in Malaysia crash after insisting on going to haze-closed school An official said the accident happened about 200 metres from the victims’ home in Pontian while they were on their way back from school Their elder brother, who took them on his motorcycle to check out the school for themselves, was killed as well. The three siblings – Nordaniel Aiman Norlizan, 18, Nordaniel Fikri Norlizan, 11, and Puteri Naufa Raisha Norlizan, eight – were found by their grandfather, lying motionless at the scene of the accident in Pontian. Their aunt, Norimah Khamis, 40, said the siblings were earlier told by their mother and grandmother that school was closed on Thursday due to the haze.

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3 siblings killed in Malaysia crash after insisting on going to haze-closed school An official said the accident happened about 200 metres from the victims’ home in Pontian while they were on their way back from school Their elder brother, who took them on his motorcycle to check out the school for themselves, was killed as well. The three siblings – Nordaniel Aiman Norlizan, 18, Nordaniel Fikri Norlizan, 11, and Puteri Naufa Raisha Norlizan, eight – were found by their grandfather, lying motionless at the scene of the accident in Pontian. Their aunt, Norimah Khamis, 40, said the siblings were earlier told by their mother and grandmother that school was closed on Thursday due to the haze. asserted

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