KANGAR: A family of three narrowly escaped drowning after their car plunged into a river in Kampung Tok Pulau near here today.
The couple, in their thirties, and their three-year-old child, were rescued by members of the public.
“However, the mother and child were unconscious and received cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before being transported to hospital by ambulance,” Perlis fire and rescue director Zaidi Ma’at said.
He said firefighters from the Simpang Empat station were at the scene five minutes after receiving a distress call and confirmed that a road accident involving a Proton Persona had occurred, with the car ending up in the river.