Bodies of woman, 2 sons in car that plunged into river found

 

Police said the car was said to be heading towards Sungai Petani from Kuala Ketil when it went out of control before skidding and plunging into Sungai Muda.

ALOR SETAR: The bodies of three family members, who were believed to have drowned after the car they were travelling in skidded and plunged into a river at Jambatan Syed Omar, Jalan Sungai Petani-Baling in Kedah yesterday, have been found.

Baling district police chief Shamsudin Mamat said the remains of Masyitoh Ibrahim, 37, and her sons, Ziyad Zikri Sharudin, 7, and Ziyad Haziq, 5, were found strapped to their seats in the car early this morning.

He said Masyitoh was a teacher at SK Kampung Selarong, Kuala Ketil, while her sons were studying in the same school.

Masyitoh was said to be heading towards Sungai Petani from Kuala Ketil when she was believed to have lost control of the car before skidding and plunging into Sungai Muda.

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The remains of the three family members had been sent to Hospital Kulim for postmortem. - FMT