Baby dies after falling into the sea from wooden home

LABUAN (Bernama): A toddler died after falling into the sea from a wooden house at Kg Patau Patau 1 water village late Tuesday (Dec 24) afternoon.

The two-month-old boy, Muhamad Aidan Hakimi Mohd Reduan, slipped from the “look-alike still under construction balcony” and was found floating by his uncle who had just returned from work.

According to a preliminary investigation, the boy was playing on the balcony at his grandmother’s house and was being looked after by his 20-year-old aunty.

“The boy was left with his aunty as the parent had gone to the bank downtown ... when the boy was playing on the balcony, which is not gated, she did not realise the boy had plunged into the sea until the uncle came home.

“The uncle, upon seeing the boy was floating underneath the house, tried to save him but to no avail ... and he decided to send him to the hospital, but sadly, the boy was pronounced dead a short time later, ” said the Labuan police chief Supt. Muhamad Farid Ahmad on Wednesday (Dec 25).

The boy’s family has not yet been quizzed by detectives but police said they believe the incident was a tragic accident and the case is being investigated as sudden death.

The incident was reported by the boy’s father at 6.58pm the same day. – Bernama