MERSING: Two teenage motorcyclists were killed in separate accidents in Mersing, Johor, and Cyberjaya, Selangor, including a 19-year-old whose body was recovered from Sungai Sekakap here this morning.

In the Mersing incident, the teenager was believed to have skidded off the road and fallen into the river last night, prompting an overnight search and rescue operation.

Mersing Fire and Rescue Station chief Mohd Alias Hussin said they received an emergency call at 11.26 pm and deployed 15 personnel from the Mersing and Skudai fire stations.

The rescue team, equipped with a Light Fire Rescue Tender, an Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) unit, a boat and two utility vehicles, arrived at the scene at 11.36 pm.