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BUTTERWORTH (Bernama): A Malaysia Day outing for four 21-year-old friends turned tragic when two of them died while two others are in critical condition due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after falling asleep in their car in the parking lot of a gas station. Station in Sama Gagah here on Wednesday (September 16) evening.
The deceased were identified as Sharifah Fariesha Syed Fathi and Ayuni Shazwanie Shabri, while the twins Nor Adilah Mohd Safwan and Nor Aqilah are in critical condition.
Seberang Perai Tengah OCPD Asst Comm Shafee Abd Samad said they received a report on the incident at 1.40 am on Thursday (September 17).
“Preliminary investigations showed that the four women had gone to Pulau Jerejak, near here, for the Malaysian Day holiday on Wednesday, and it was understood that they were on their way home to Sungai Petani and Gurun in Kedah.
“They stopped their car at the service station on the North-South Freeway heading north to take a break, but it is believed that they fell asleep and lost consciousness due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning,” he said here Thursday. .
He said that according to Ayuni Shazwanie’s mother, her daughter had sent her a text message at 9.15pm, telling her that they had stopped at the gas station to rest, but when she did not return to her home in Taman Ria Jaya in Sungai Petani. At 11 p.m., the couple feared the worst.
Shafee said Ayuni Shazwanie’s father went to the gas station to look for her and found the four of them unconscious in the car, with the engine still running and the windows fully closed.
He said Ayuni Shazwanie’s father immediately contacted a hospital before an ambulance arrived at the scene at 1 a.m., adding that initial checks found Sharifah Fariesha, who was in the front passenger seat, had died, while Ayuni Shazwanie was pronounced dead while receiving treatment in Seberang Jaya. Hospital.
He said the twins, who are from Taman Ria Mesra in Gurun, are in critical condition at the same hospital.
“The closed circuit television (CCTV) camera of the gas station showed that their vehicle arrived at the parking lot at 8.30 p.m., several of them got out at night to buy some food before getting back into the car and never again leave until they were discovered. ” ” he said.
He said the case was being investigated as sudden death and that so far there were no signs of any criminal elements involved, although police are still conducting further investigations.
Meanwhile, Sharifah Fariesha’s aunt, Nor Jamilah Ahmad, when they met her at the hospital morgue, said that her niece was the eldest daughter of her older sister and that she was very close to Fariesha.
“They (the four) are very good friends and have just finished their engineering studies at a private university in Batu Caves, Selangor. Fariesha has just started working at a private clinic and was very excited about going out with her three friends.” , said. said.
Nor Jamilah, who is in her 30s, said she only found out about the incident when Fariesha’s mother called her to tell her that Fariesha had not yet returned home to Amanjaya in Sungai Petani on Wednesday evening and then contacted friends. and his niece’s fiancé.
“We were about to go looking for her when her fiancé called me and told me that they had found the four of them and that he was going to the hospital. I was surprised and I went to the hospital as well, but before we could reach we were told that she had died “, said.
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