00:00A five-year-old girl died after the car she was in plunged into a ravine on the old Raub
00:07Bentong Road near the First Tras Bridge on Tuesday evening.
00:11Raub District Police Chief Superintendent Mohammad Sharil Abdul Rahman said the child
00:16was pronounced dead at the scene.
00:19Police said the car driven by the child's 30-year-old father, who is a durian plantation
00:24worker, was travelling from Tranum towards Raub.
00:27Upon reaching the location, he is believed to have lost control of the car and veered
00:32into the ravine.
00:33The father managed to escape and carry his unconscious daughter up.
00:37Fire and rescue teams attempted to resuscitate the child but were unsuccessful.
00:43The case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act,
00:491987.
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