R.I.P - to the innocent victim

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Outrage over fiery death

When I read this news yesterday, I was at rage with this accident. A woman's death caused by a very unhelpful BHP petrol attendants. It was reported that the BHP attendants refused to open the door for Teo as he was not acting calmly when asking for assistance. How can a normal person acts calm when he just saw a woman's life in danger and first thing he wanted to do is save her as fast as he could? Well, in that situation it is clearly seen that the attendants were calm in handling that matter by refusing to help and even defending themselves saying Teo wasn't in a proper act. They were wrong and yet they're giving their excuse to 'protect' themselves. Sigh! Inhuman!

That's my personal opinion. I'm sure for the management, they will view that according to their rules. Like maybe you should not open the door for anyone or attend anyone acting suspiciously or bla bla bla. Again, the attendant in the shop was not alone. He could have asked his friend to quickly pass the fire extinguisher to Teo, he can take Teo's IC as guarantee (as he had offered that) or in whatsoever way, he could have at least done something not just stand inside there. Takkan the attendant don't have his own instinct or belas kasihan or hati perut. If I were Teo I will surely naik gila with that attendants and forever have that non-erasable feeling seeing the woman at that moment.

source : ondscene

Below is the excerpt taken from malaysiakini :

I was willing to leave my IC with the staff as a guarantee, but they refused,” said Teo.

Angered at the staff’s refusal to cooperate, he started yelling at the staff and said that if the victim died, they would be the murderers.

In retaliation, the staff instead threatened to report Teo to management as well as the police.

When it was clear he would not get any aid, he returned to the accident site.

By the time he returned, the fire had consumed the car along with its driver.

What saddens Teo is that he claims police at the scene said that the driver’s life could have likely been saved if a fire extinguisher had arrived in time.

According to a representative from the fire department, the accident claimed one life in total with two others in critical condition while another person, the lorry driver, was stable.

Update: The deceased is believed to be Florina ak Joseph, 27, a Sarawakian native and a student. Confirmation of the deceased’s identity is pending DNA test results.

Photos of the accident were posted up on the Ondscene blog, by an anonymous bystander.

BHP government relations manager Abdul Kaiyum when contacted claimed that the BHP attendants refused to open the door for Teo as he was not acting calmly when asking for assistance. Neither did they refer to their supervisor because it was past midnight.

In defence of the staff in charge, he said that the two of them previously had been attacked and beaten up by assailants while on duty at the station. Update: BHP clarified that there will be no formal press conference over the matter and has yet to release a formal media statement.