Motorcyclist drowns after skidding into river in Mersing
MERSING: A motorcyclist drowned after skidding into Sungai Jemaluang in Jalan Sekakap last night.
Mersing district police chief Superintendent Abdul Razak Abdullah Sani said police received information about the accident at 11.15pm.
The victim's body was found at 7.50am today after a search operation.
Senior Operations Commander Mohd Alias Hussin said the fire and rescue department received an emergency call about the incident at 11.26pm.
Firefighters from the Mersing Fire and Rescue Station were dispatched to the scene near a shrimp pond in Jalan Sekakap, Seri Pantai.
The victim was a 19-year-old man.
Alias said the body was found about 100m from the last location where the victim was seen before being handed over to the police.
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