Tragedy

PE student-teacher killed in Johor camping accident
Posted: 15 May 2007 1557 hrs

A 27-year-old Physical Education student-teacher has died in a camping accident at Mount Ophir in Johor.

Mohammad Rohaizam Bin Tumadi, a first-year Postgraduate Diploma student-teacher at the NIE died from injuries received when a tree fell on him during an early morning downpour on Tuesday.

He was given first aid at the camp site and at first light, was taken down Mount Ophir to emergency services which had been activated.

Mohammad Rohaizam was then sent to Tangkak Hospital in Johor where he was pronounced dead.

The accident happened just one day before the end of the Outdoor Experiential Camp, a compulsory seven-day module for all first-year Physical Education student-teachers enrolled in NIE’s teacher preparation programmes.

The camp is to introduce PE student-teachers to Outdoor Education as a teaching tool.

There were 65 participants in the group at Mount Ophir, which was one of three training camps. - CNA/sf

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I cannot imagine the terrifying scene at the campsite at dawn, my juniors having to confront death and reflect upon their own mortality in fear and horror. As someone keenly involved in the outdoor scene, I am interested to know the particular circumstances surrounding the fatality, but right now I am only a senior who mourned for the loss of a life in the wilderness that I wanted to share with everyone else.