Police tracking down owner after child falls out of moving car

 

Kelantan police appealed for witnesses to the incident, including the owner of the dashcam footage, to come forward. (X pic)

KOTA BHARU: Following the widely publicised incident in which a child fell out of a moving car that was making a U-turn at a traffic light here, Kelantan police said they are tracking down the owner of the vehicle.

This follows the release of a video, which has since gone viral on social media, where a child can be seen falling out of a moving car making a U-turn near Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra at 5.42pm yesterday.

State police chief Zaki Harun said the child was believed to have been thrown out of the car because the rear left passenger door was not closed properly.

“In addition, the driver of the car failed to ensure that the child was wearing a seat belt.

“We are trying to identify the vehicle as well as the child involved and investigations are ongoing,” he told a press conference at the Kelantan police headquarters here today.

The one-minute video shows a boy falling out of a moving vehicle before being hit by two cars.

Despite the impact, the child managed to get up and a motorcyclist was later seen carrying him to safety.

Zaki said the case is being investigated for careless and inconsiderate driving under Section 43(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 and urged eyewitnesses, the driver of the car and the dashcam footage owner to come forward to assist in the investigation. - FMT