Thursday September 7, 2006
Woman, son survive 25m fall
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THE SCENE: A photograph showing the car park in Jelutong, Penang, from which the car fell and the area where it landed. |
PENANG: A 34-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son miraculously survived when their car plunged more than 25m to the ground from a three-storey car park in Jelutong here.
Housewife Kwok Kam Mooi and her Year Four son Ivan Lim Wai were on their way to lunch when the incident happened at about 11.45am yesterday.
Lim Wai, when met at the Penang Hospital’s casualty ward, said his mother was trying to avoid an oncoming vehicle, and their Proton Waja rammed into the wall.
“Our car then plunged to the ground and landed on its side, propped up by another vehicle,” said Lim, who sustained some bruises.
“Luckily, I was wearing my seatbelt, which prevented me from hitting my head against the windscreen.
“The force of the crash was so great that the seatbelt pulled hard against my abdomen.”
Kwok received more than 30 stitches for the wounds on the left side of her head. She was admitted overnight to ensure that she did not suffer a concussion.
Witness Roshidah Othman, 41, who works in a car sales office on the ground floor, said she was attending to a customer when she noticed debris falling to the ground.
“Seconds later, I saw a car plunging and I shouted to my two colleagues. I then saw a woman and a boy inside the car,” she said.
“We quickly got them out of the wreckage through the front passenger side. The boy was crying while the woman was bleeding from the head.”
Roshidah said she got them each a hot drink while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
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