KOTA KINABALU, Sept 11 — Based on her injuries, 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir was most likely conscious when she fell, a pathologist told the Coroner’s Court here today during the inquest looking into her cause of death.
In her testimony today, forensic pathologist Dr Jessie Hiu said that her injuries upon impact showed that she would have had to land feet first and it would have been difficult for anyone carrying her to put her in such a position that would have caused that landing.
“The persons carrying her would have to position the body with the feet down and stretch it out from the ledge to where she landed, which was quite a distance,” she said to a question by counsel Datuk Ram Singh.
When asked how many people it would require to make that possible, she said she would not know.
Ram: In short, Zara would have to be conscious, standing upright. Not unconscious. Am I correct to say that?
Dr Hiu: Yes, likely.
Zara was found unconscious on the ground floor of her hostel in the early hours of July 16.
She died from severe trauma injuries to her head the next day.
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