Penang Bridge crash: Operation to retrieve SUV postponed, body spotted in vehicle (updated)


  • Nation
  • Monday, 21 Jan 2019

Rescuers attempts to hoist the SUV had to be postponed due to unfavourable conditions on Jan 21, 2019.

BUTTERWORTH: The operation to retrieve a sports utility vehicle (SUV) that plunged into the sea from the Penang Bridge has been postponed.

Marine Police Region 1 commander ACP Rosman Ismail said that a body was spotted inside the vehicle but they have yet to confirm the identity of the victim.

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