Woman dies after falling
into drainage hole while
hiking
A 50-year-old woman was pronounced dead after falling into a two-metre-deep drainage hole while hiking at Jalan Kolam Cherok Tok Kun.
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The Penang fire and rescue department said the 50-year-old woman, identified as Oh Ai Chin, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Bukit Mertajam fire and rescue department said it received a distress call about the hiker at around 1pm today.
Operations commander Azmi Zakaria then led a six-member team to the scene at Jalan Kolam Cherok Tok Kun.
the department said in a statement.The fire and rescue team assisted the police in retrieving the victim, who is believed to have fallen into a drainage hole while hiking,
Penang folks should avoid going out to forested or low-lying areas in the next few days unless unavoidable.
ReplyDeletePlenty of high risk situations about from strong winds , flood and extreme high tides.