KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — A man died after the car he was driving went off the road and fell into a ravine about 80 metres deep in an accident on the old road from Genting Sempah towards Gombak last night.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said they received an emergency call at 10.46pm and dispatched seven personnel from the Selayang Fire and Rescue Station to the scene.
The rescuers found a 56-year-old man with serious injuries at the bottom of the ravine, believed to have been flung from his Perodua Kancil.
“Firefighters brought the man up from the ravine area. However, the victim was confirmed dead at the scene by Health Ministry personnel at 1.15am,” he said in a statement today.
