"Something Inside Me Said He Was Gone" — Woman When Police Answered Her Husband's Phone
A 33-year-old woman learns of her husband's death after frantically calling his number when he did not return home, only to have a policeman answer the call and asking her to come to the Jasin Hospital In Melaka.
By Sadho Ram — 13 Jan 2023, 10:24 AM
Siti Salwa Abdul Wahid, 33, the wife of an insurance agent, is beside herself with grief after learning about her husband's death
31-year-old Badrul Shyam Noor Ibrahim left home at 10pm on 11 January with his friend Ezham Hazim Ahyat. Badrul and Ezham, both insurance agents, were heading off to meet a client in Melaka.
"He promised to come back but he didn't [...] while my calls to his number went unanswered," Siti Salwa said, adding that the last time she contacted her husband was via text messages at about midnight.
"Before he left for Melaka, he hugged me tightly and told me that he would miss me."
When she failed to reach Badrul, the 33-year-old tried to locate him through the "Find My iPhone" feature, which showed that her husband's iPhone was stationary at the Lebuh AMJ Serkam traffic light junction.
Anxious, Siti Salwa frantically started calling her husband's number, only to have a policeman answer the call. He informed her that her husband was involved in an accident and told her to go to Jasin Hospital.
"Something inside me said he was gone..."
She thought his condition was critical when the policeman informed her about the accident.
"When I saw the severely damaged car at the police station, something inside me said he was gone, but I tried to stay calm until I was told that my husband was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital," Harian Metro quoted her as saying at the forensics unit in the Jasin Hospital yesterday, 12 January.
Badrul and his friend, Ezham, succumbed to their injuries when the car they were in turned turtle after hitting a lorry at the Lebuh AMJ Serkam traffic light junction early Thursday morning.
According to acting district police chief ASP Mohd Fadzli Othman, the lorry, driven by a 42-year-old man, was heading to Jasin from Serkam, and the car was heading to Muar, Johor, from Melaka.
"Initial investigations showed that when the traffic light turned green, the lorry driver drove on to Jasin. As it passed the junction, the car clipped the left side of the heavy vehicle and turned turtle," he said.
Siti Salwa said they had made plans to go on a holiday with their son to celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary on 26 January
"My husband and I had planned to take our son on holiday in Melaka in conjunction with our anniversary, and later in March to Pulau Tioman, but our wishes did not come true," she said.
Badrul is survived by his wife and their four-year-old son.
Photo of an emotional Siti Salwa Abdul Wahid at the Jasim Hospital.
Image via Nuraliawati Sabri/New Straits Times