By K.M. LEW

SEREMBAN: A woman managed to save her four-year-old son from being knocked down by a speeding Proton Gen 2 – but was herself killed when she failed to get out of the vehicle’s way.

     Parvathy Chinnakano, 36, had just crossed the road with her son after throwing rubbish when she saw two Proton Gen 2 cars heading their way in Pajam near here.

     She quickly pushed her son to safety but was knocked down by one of the speeding cars. Both drivers sped off.

     It in understood that Parvathy lived in a house behind a row of shophouses along the main road.

     An eyewitness, Sharizat Mohd Saimi 19, who was in a van parked by the roadside, said he saw her walking along the emergency lane seconds before the accident happened.

     “She had just crossed the road when she was hit,” he said. “The two cars looked to be racing with each another,” he said.

     The impact caused the victim to be flung against the van, said Sharizat, who was waiting for a friend who had gone to buy groceries at a nearby store.

     His friend Imran Shafie, 21, said he rushed out of the store when he heard a thud.

     State traffic police chief Asst Supt Halil Hamzah said his men had been alerted to look out for the two vehicles.