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The 2nd Penang Bridge is the Sultan Abdul Halim Mua’dzam Shah Bridge
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Penang Bridge – Penang’s Proudest Architecture
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9 October 2016
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Penang Bridge havoc as motorists suffer punctured tyres
FMT News 
At least 10 cars and seven motorcycles reported to have been affected.
PETALING JAYA: Motorists in Penang vented their fury online on Saturday after at least 10 cars and seven motorcyles were reported to have suffered punctured tyres after running over sharp pieces of metal on the Penang Bridge.
Those affected on the island-bound lane caused a short jam when the motorists stopped their vehicles at about 8.30am.
Workers of highway concessionaire PLUS cleared the bridge of the metal pieces and also helped the motorists to change their tyres.
The Penang Bridge concessionaire received reports from six drivers and two motorcyclists.
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A bridge spokesman said the metal pieces were cleared by 10.30am. “The pieces could have been debris that fell off a vehicle. It doesn’t look like a deliberate attempt by anyone to cause damage to vehicles of bridge users,” a PBSB spokesman was quoted as saying.
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Sharp metal strewn on #Penang bridge punctures tyres of several vehicles http://str.sg/4xm7
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29 March 2016
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Man survives freak fall off Penang Bridge after lorry rams his motorcycle
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BY PHUAH KEN LIN – 29 MARCH 2016 @ 10:55 AM
GEORGE TOWN: A motorcyclist miraculously survived a fall into the sea after his bike collided with a lorry at the Penang Bridge earlier today.
The incident occurred at the island-bound stretch of the bridge at 9am. The motorcyclist was identified as Mohd Ashraff Mohd Fauzi from Taman Bayan, Kulim, Kedah.
A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the impact from the collision threw Ashraff off his motorcycle and over the side of the bridge’s railing.
The incident occured at the mid span of the bridge, which is the highest point along the 13.5-kilometer structure.
“Ashraff was lucky as several fishermen happened to be near the spot where he fell. “The fishermen pulled him up from the waters and brought him to safety at the Batu Uban marine police headquarters,” he said.
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29 January 2016
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#penangtu 1705 E36, the Penang Bridge: traffic is backed up the entire stretch – the Seberang Prai exit
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#penangtu PENANG BRIDGE : accident at KM 2.3 has been cleared but it is still congested from the bridge to Perai, exp delays.
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Accident on Penang Bridge sparks massive traffic crawl on island http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/01/124704/accident-penang-bridge-sparks-massive-traffic-crawl-island …
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GEORGE TOWN: An accident along the Penang Bridge triggered a massive traffic congestion on the island, affecting hundreds of motorists.
The 1.30pm fatal accident involved a car which had rammed into the bridge divider at the mainland-bound stretch.
The driver, a man in his 30s, was pinned to the seat and died on the spot. His remains were extricated from the wreckage.
However, the accident sparked a mammoth traffic jam, with bumper-to-bumper traffic snaking from various parts of the island leading up to the bridge.
Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/01/124704/accident-penang-bridge-sparks-massive-traffic-crawl-island
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Try to avoid the Penang bridge and Jelutong Rd as possible! Major accident just happened.
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MAN THROWN OUT OF CAR AND OFF THE PENANG BRIDGE.TO HIS DEATH!
How did he get thrown out? Was he a passenger who had not strapped on a seat belt?
Harian Metro (Utara) Lelaki 30-an maut tercampak dari Jambatan Pulau Pinang dlm kemalangan pagi tadi http://hmtro.com/1O2BtTo Pix pembaca
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NST
Man thrown off Penang Bridge dies http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/11/man-thrown-penang-bridge-dies … #nst170
GEORGE TOWN: A man died after he was thrown off the Penang Bridge here today, in an accident that occured on the mainland bound route.
A Fire and rescue department spokesperson said they received a distress call at 5.12am and sent a team of 22 officers with two fire trucks from the Jalan Perak and Perai stations.
“The team arrived at the scene at 5.26am and found that a man had been thrown out of a car and he had fallen off the bridge, when the car he was in lost control.
“We rescued the victim and administered emergency treatment, however, he died on the spot,” he told reporters here today.
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30 October 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdYBVYWlho
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檳城大橋今早發生一宗罕見車禍，2輛摩多在橋上相撞後，其中一輛猛撞大橋石堤，騎士飛墜落海，身陷橋下泥沼之中，幸被消拯員成功救起。
車禍上午9時半，在北海往檳島方向第1.4公里處發生。當時該路段剛發生一宗2輛汽車相撞的車禍。
檳城大橋今早9時半發生罕見車禍，北海往檳島方向第1.4公里處，有兩輛摩多發生相撞，其中一名巫裔騎士連人帶車失控撞向大橋石堤后，整個人飛墜下海，身陷在泥沼中，最終被消拯員救起。
（請留意31-10-15光明日報）
Penang bridge at 9 this morning, half a rare accident occurred, the North Sea Island of no gambling machine and heading for the direction of the first 1.4 kilometres, two vehicles collided mo-prone sang, one of the witch descent knight bring car rammed into an embankment stone bridge, after falling for the entire people fly. Hoi, caught in the quagmire in which was ultimately cancelled his life saved by the staff.
(please put 31-10-15 light daily)
Motorcyclist stuck in mudflats after being thrown off Penang Bridge
Motorcyclist stuck in mudflats after being thrown off Penang Bridge http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/10/motorcyclist-stuck-mudflats-after-being-thrown-penang-bridge … #nst170 @bombaJBPM
By BALVIN KAUR – 30 October 2015 @ 12:09 PM
GEORGE TOWN: A man was stuck in mudflats after he fell into the sea around Km 1.4 of the Penang Bridge here.
In the incident about 9.30am, the man who was riding his motorcycle was thrown off the island bound route of the bridge after another motorcycle crashed into him.
The man was stuck in the 1m deep mudflats due to the low tide. A fire and rescue department spokesman said they received the distress call at 9.34am and immediately despatched two fire engines, two ambulances with a team of 19 officers from the Perai and Jalan Perak fire station.
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4 October 2015
Picture taken at 7.45am. First Penang Bridge pun tak nampak. The haze is getting worse. 
@501Awani
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3 October 2015
#Porsche crashes into Penang Bridge divider Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/10/porsche-crashes-penang-bridge-divider …
In the 3pm incident, the driver of the Porsche bumped into the left side of a Proton Wira, which sent the sports car out of control.
The red Porsche then crashed into the divider at KM8 of the bridge, island bound. Fortunately, both drivers of the cars involved were not injured.
PENANG 3 October 2015. Kemalangan membabitkan dua kereta, sebuah kereta jenis porsche 911 yang dipandu seorang lelaki cina dari Seberang menghala Pulau Pinang bergesel pada bahagian sebelah tepi kiri kereta jenis wira yang di pandu seorang peremuan dari arah yang sama, kereta jenis porsche 911 terbabas dan merempuh pembahagi jalan di atas Jambatan Pulau Pinang . NSTP/Ihsan Pembaca
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PENANG BRIDGE: THE PENANG BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON 2013
THIS WAS THE LAST RUN ON THIS FIRST PENANG BRIDGE.
NEXT YEAR, THE PENANG BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON WILL BE RUN OVER THE SECOND PENANG BRIDGE!
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THE HUMOROUS HEADLESS GHOST OF PENANG BRIDGE!
This was in 1984 or 1985, I can’t be certain. The details are still clear, though.
Let us call the man to whom the incident happened, Tan.
1 Tan told this story to his family.
He was riding his motorbike home to Penang Island.
It was just around 6.10 am, with barely enough light to see with. At that time, hardly anyone used the Bridge, so he was all alone. As Tan rode onto the Bridge from the Seberang Perai end, he noticed someone fishing. That was strange, a man fishing so early in the morning!
Nothing prepared him for the shock as he rode past the man for that man had NO HEAD!!! YES, HE HAD NO HEAD!!!
(At this point, if you think about it, don’t you agree that the ghost had a great sense of humour? To fly all the way across to the Penang side of the Bridge and wait for Tan to arrive, and then give him a real scare by removing his head!)
Tan almost fell off in his terror! He rode as fast as his motorbike would go, and that would be 130km/h or so.
Do you know how long it takes to cross the whole Bridge at 130km/h?
FOREVER when you know that there is a headless ghost back there! He kept looking back, hoping that it would not be coming after him.
At last, after what seemed an eternity, he got to the other end. The sky was brighter with the false dawn, and his heart felt better with each kilometer…
Suddenly, he saw another man fishing!
Phew, this man HAD A HEAD!
“I must warn him,” he thought, so he stopped beside the man and said, “Friend, there’s a ghost at the other end, fishing!”
“Huh? Are you sure?” replied this man with a head.
“Yes, he had no head!”
“You mean, he looked like this?” and this man TOOK OFF HIS HEAD!!!
NOW, IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT BECAUSE TAN COULD NOT REMEMBER MUCH OF THAT TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
2 Tan had a younger sister, and this was what she told reporters.
She was upstairs in their shophouse when she heard Tan screaming and shouting hysterically. “Open the door, open the door! Got ghost, got ghost!”
She went downstairs and opened the door. As soon as he got inside, Tan collapsed onto the floor in a faint.
She looked at him and immediately called the hospital for an ambulance.
This was why:
(a) Tan had no slippers on. His feet were all cut up from running. Somewhere along the way, he had lost his slippers but had kept on running till he got home.
(b) Tan had his helmet on his head! He had run all the way with it on.
(c) Tan was exhausted. The hospital had to put him on a drip as he was dehydrated.
3 Just what on earth had happened?
Awake later, on his hospital bed, Tan was still in terror. He explained that he had seen the same headless ghost on BOTH SIDES of the Bridge, and had run home to escape.
What? Wasn’t he riding his motorbike? Where did he leave the motorbike? He didn’t know where it was though he remembered riding it all the way from the Seberang Perai end to the Penang end. Anything from the moment the ghost removed its head…NO RECOLLECTION!
4 The Police and some newspaper reporters had this to say.
(a) Tan’s motorbike was found lying by the side of the road at the Penang end of the bridge! His slippers were found some distance away. It seemed that, in his terror, Tan had fallen off his motorbike and started running home.
(b) Home was a long, long way from the Bridge. Home was in Jalan Air Hitam! That was a great distance to run without slippers, with a crash helmet on, and that was why his feet were cut and bleeding and he was exhausted.
At the hospital as Tan remained terrified and kept mumbling and screaming about a headless ghost, he was taken by ambulance down to the Central Mental Hospital in Tanjong Rambutan.
Yes, he was taken to Hospital Sakit Otak at T.R. They HAD decided that he was crazy.
Days later, he was discharged. The Director of the T.R. Mental Hospital reportedly said, “He is not crazy! He’s normal, just terrified by the ghost he saw.”
And that was that.
As far as I know, Tan was never heard of again. Not in ANY NEWS REPORT, anyway.
5 The newspapers HAD reported this incident and because they were Chinese newspapers, everything was printed in the greatest detail. The English papers had enough details to interest me, especially as I drove across the Bridge so often.
Not long after it had happened, a student of the theological seminary where I was a lecturer had an interesting comment to add. He had been on a bus, and overheard Tan’s sister telling the strange story of the Headless Penang Bridge Ghost to a friend.
Her friend said, “Do you expect me to believe that your brother saw a ghost?”
Tan’s sister replied, “I don’t know what to believe but I know that he believed that he saw that ghost and ran for his life. I know that he isn’t crazy because the T.R. people said that he is normal.
What do I think?
“When people define a situation as real, it is real in its consequences.” (W I Thomas, Polish sociologist)
Tan believed that he saw a headless ghost on both sides of the Bridge and acted accordingly. Smart man!
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