Girl breaks leg caught in motorcycle rim

An eight-year-old girl broke her right leg after it was caught in the wheel rim of a motorcycle she was riding pillion on while on her way to school in an incident at Jalan Sungai Ular, Kulim, today.

Kedah Fire and Rescue Department fire superintendent Mohd Naim Mat Jaaffar, said the department received an emergency call at 7.06 am and arrived at the location 10 minutes later.

The firefighters found the victim''s leg caught in the motorcycle wheel rim and took about half-an hour to remove it, he said in a statement today.

The girl was then sent in an ambulance to Kulim Hospital.

--BERNAMA