Family of 6, including 4 children, dies after car plunges into river in M’sia

Family of 6 dies after car plunges into river in Malaysia, initially reported missing

A family of six who had been previously reported missing was found to have died after their car fell into a river in Kedah, Malaysia.

The victims were 32-year-old Mohd Azim Ezzat Ishak, his 31-year-old wife Nurulhidayah, and their four children aged between six months and nine years old.

The family is survived by the couple’s eldest child — a 12-year-old daughter — who had stayed at her grandmother’s house.

Family was travelling home from visiting relative

Mr Mohd Azim’s sister, Ms Nur Adliah Shuhada Ishak, said his brother’s family had travelled from Jerlun to spend the night in her home in Taman Aman.

As they often visited, she was expecting them to arrive safely back at their home early Saturday (5 July) morning.

However, Ms Nur Adliah later received a call from her brother’s mother-in-law saying they had not arrived that morning.

Unable to reach them, she called the police and posted on social media about the missing family. She reportedly told Berita Harian:

My brother was supposed to go back to work that morning, and my sister-in-law also runs a small business. They always have a normal schedule and never turn off their phones or ignore calls.

Since the family went missing, their relatives had been looking for them along the river, knowing it was their usual route home.

On Sunday, they received a report that a car had been found in the river, but they determined it wasn’t her brother’s car upon checking.

All six bodies found huddled in back of car

On Monday (7 July) at around 10am, search and rescue personnel found a Proton Iswara sedan submerged in Sungai Korok River in Jitra.

Oriental Daily reported that authorities confirmed that the bodies of the missing family were inside.

According to Kedah Fire and Rescue Department Zone 1 chief Ahmad Aminuddin Abd Rahim, all six bodies were found huddled in the back of the vehicle.

“It is possible that they tried to get out, but were unsuccessful,” he told the press at the scene.

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the incident.

However, skid marks near the riverbank suggest the car may have swerved off the road before falling into the water.

Also read: Car plunges into river in M’sia, mother & toddler taken to hospital unconscious

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Featured image adapted from Oriental Daily on Facebook.