BALIK PULAU (Malaysia), Sept 25\u00a0 (NNN-Bernama) — A Singaporean woman died while 10 others were injured when a tourist van skidded before plunging into an over six-metre deep ravine at Bukit Genting in the state of Penang Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seri Balik Pulau Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) Operations chief N. Prenavaran said the station was alerted of a road accident at 8.20 pm and rescuers were at the location 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“On arrival at the location, it was found to be a hilly area where it was impossible for the fire engines to enter. As such, the firefighters were forced to climb the hill for 15 minutes with stretchers and emergency equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“One woman was found to have died, seven were still trapped in the vehicle while three others were lifted to a safe place with the help of the public,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that fire personnel had to use special equipment to cut the dashboard and steering wheel of the van to extricate a female victim who was stuck next to the driver’s seat and the woman was finally saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The operation ended at about 10.45 pm after the last victim was removed,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, South West District Police Chief Supt Kamarul Rizal Jenal said there were 11 victims, eight women and three men. Ten were Singaporean tourists while the van driver is a local man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He said the victims have yet to be identified but they are believed to be an elderly group who are on holiday in Penang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cause of the accident was under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
—\u00a0NNN-BERNAMA\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BALIK PULAU (Malaysia), Sept 25\u00a0 (NNN-Bernama) — A Singaporean woman died while 10 others were injured when a tourist van skidded before plunging into an over six-metre deep ravine at Bukit Genting in the state of Penang Sunday night. Seri Balik Pulau Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) Operations chief N. Prenavaran said the station was alerted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,288,286,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238180"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238181,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238180\/revisions\/238181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}