JITRA, Dec 14 (Bernama) — A 12-year-old boy died after the car he and his parents were in skidded into a river here today.
In the incident at about 2 pm, the victim, Muhammad Khairil Muhaimin Shuhaimi died after he could not be rescued from the Proton Saga driven by his father.
Kedah Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director Sayani Saidon said the victim’s father, Shuhaimi Hassan, 37, and mother Nurul Aqmar Zainul, 35, who is seven-month pregnant managed to get out of the vehicle.
“The family was passing through Jalan Sungai Korok from Tanjung Kapur to Jitra town before the car lost control and skidded into Sungai Korok,” he said when met by reporters here today.
He said before this, the department received a call on the incident at 2.23 pm and a team from Jitra Fire and Rescue Station rushed to the location.
He said the operation took about two hours before the victim could be retrieved and he was pronounced dead.
“After the car was found, we proceeded to bring the body of the victim from the car. The vehicle had overturned in the river at a depth of five metres and this is why the boy could not be saved earlier,” he said.
Meanwhile, Kubang Pasu police chief Supt Rodzi Abu Hassan said the victim’s body was sent to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Setar for a post-mortem and the case is investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency