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KLUANG: A man is feared to have drowned after the car he was driving was washed away by floods in Batu 18, Jalan Batu Pahat-Mersing, Kahang, near Kluang, yesterday.
Kluang District Police Chief Low Hang Seng said the 5.30pm incident occurred when the Proton Waja car, driven by 28-year-old Md Rajihan Junaidi, was crossing the flooded stretch of road.
The victim’s wife, Khairunnisa Ibrahim, 25, was also in the car during the incident.
“According to the police report presented by Khairunnisa at 10.35 pm last night at the Kahang Police Station, the car was swept away by strong currents to the right side of the road,” he said.
Low said Rajihan 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.
The search and rescue operation was launched immediately but proved futile due to darkness and strong currents, Low added.
The operation, involving police personnel and the Fire and Rescue Department, to locate Rajihan resumed today.
