MARANG – An elderly woman died after the pickup truck she was driving skidded off a bridge and plunged into a river in Kg Bukit Perpat, Wakaf Tapai near here today.
Marang police chief Mohd Zain Mat Aris said when they received a report of the incident at 11.19am, the nearby residents had already removed the victim Zaiton Omar, 64, who was unconscious, from her Toyota Hilux.
“The victim who was driving alone was confirmed dead by a medical personnel who arrived at the scene,” he said, adding that the body was sent to Hulu Terengganu Hospital for post mortem.
Meanwhile, the victim’s foster son Wan Rafiyuddin Wan Mohd, 33, said it was the norm for Zaiton to drive to the village to get supplies of bananas and yam for her fried banana stall at Gong Beris.
“The deceased (Zaiton) had just collected some bananas at my house in Kg Bukit Perpat... at about 11am I received a call from her mobile phone but it was a stranger who spoke to inform that her vehicle had plunged into the river.
“By the time I got to the scene, her body was already taken out. It is a daily routine for her to drive here alone to buy bananas, yams and mushrooms,” he told reporters when met at the scene.
Wan Rafiyuddin said his foster mother, who is from Kg Lubuk Pandan near here, has a daughter who works at a hospital in Negri Sembilan. – Bernama, December 1, 2022
