Bodies Of Mum & Her 2 Kids Found Hugging Each Other In Car Which Plunged Into Sungai Muda
The victims were identified as 37-year-old Mashitoh Ibrahim and her two sons, seven-year-old Mohd Ziyad Zikri Sharudin, and five-year-old Mohd Ziyad Haziq.
By Sadho Ram — 26 Jun 2022, 11:36 AM
The bodies of a 37-year-old mother and her two young sons were found in the state of hugging each other in the back seat of a Proton Persona which had plunged into Sungai Muda near Kuala Ketil, Baling
The three members of a family were missing and feared drowned since yesterday, 25 June.
The victims were identified as Mashitoh Ibrahim and her two sons, seven-year-old Mohd Ziyad Zikri Sharudin, and five-year-old Mohd Ziyad Haziq, according to Baling district police chief Shamsudin Mamat.
Kedah Fire and Rescue Department received a distress call at 6.42pm about the incident, following which a search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched, reported Bernama.
The SAR team eventually located the car on the riverbed, at a depth of about 7.6 metres, around 1.41am Sunday, 26 June, according to Kedah Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Syufa'at Kamaron.
It took divers almost two hours to fish out the car from the river
Syufa'at said that after locating the car around 1.41am, a crane was engaged to lift the car at 2.53am and the vehicle was completely fished out from the river about 3.30am, reported New Straits Times.
"The bodies have been handed over to the police for further investigations," he said in a statement.
A witness, who was fishing with friends at the time of the incident, had tried to help when they saw the car plunge into the river
However, their rescue attempt was thwarted by the strong currents.
The mother, Mashitoh, was a religious teacher attached to SK Kampung Selarong in Kuala Ketil.
Her younger brother, 34-year-old Mohd Asyraf Ibrahim said that the incident has left the family in shock.
