Close shave for 6 as tree topples on cars during storm

 

Firemen inspecting the damage to the cars during a storm near the MRR2 Expressway today. (Bomba pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Six people had a narrow escape when a tree fell onto their cars near the entrance of the MRR2 Expressway heading to Ampang here during a storm this afternoon.

A spokesman for the operations centre of the Kuala Lumpur fire and rescue department said the incident involved three men and three women in three cars — a Perodua Alza, Perodua Myvi and Proton Exora.

He said they received an emergency call at 3.20pm and dispatched a fire engine with eight personnel from the Sungai Besi fire and rescue station to the scene.

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He said all the victims were freed from their cars and were safe.

“Firemen, together with personnel from the Civil Defence Force and Kuala Lumpur City Hall, carried out the work of cutting and removing the fallen tree,” he said. - FMT