SEBERANG PRAI: A motorcyclist died while his pillion rider sustained serious injuries after their machine skidded and rammed into a divider, causing them to be thrown into the opposite lane.

Seberang Prai Tengah district police chief Assistant Commissioner Helmi Aris said a car, which failed to brake on time, knocked into the two teenagers.

He said police were alerted to the incident at Km 2.8 of the Penang Bridge, mainland bound, at about 4.38pm.