Man feared drowned after car swept away by floodwaters
BERNAMA
03/01/2021
KLUANG, Jan 3 -- A man is feared drowned after the car he was driving was swept away by floodwaters at Batu 18, Jalan Batu Pahat-Mersing, Kahang near Kluang, yesterday.
Kluang district police chief ACP Low Hang Seng said the 5.30 pm incident occurred when the Proton Waja car, driven by Md Rajihan Junaidi, 28, was traversing the flooded road stretch.
The victim’s wife Khairunnisa Ibrahim, 25, was also in the car during the incident.
“Based on the police report lodged by Khairunnisa at 10.35 pm last night at the Kahang police station, the car was swept by strong currents to the right side of the of the road,” he said in a statement today.
Low said Rajihan had managed to break the car window to save his wife before the woman was rescued by members of the public.
However, he said the victim who was in the car was swept away by the current.
The search and rescue operation was immediately launched but it had been futile due to darkness and the strong currents, Low added.
The operation which involved personnel from the Royal Malaysian Police and the Fire and Rescue Department to locate Rajihan resumed today.
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