Senior citizen killed after tree falls on car during storm

Photo courtesy of Fire and Rescue Department via Sinar Harian.

ALOR SETAR: A senior citizen was killed when a tree fell on his car during a storm in Kampung Bukit Payong near Pokok Sena on Sunday (Oct 29) evening.

Fire and Rescue Senior Officer II, Shahrin Musa said a team rushed to the scene of the incident at about 3.20pm after receiving the distress call.

A tree had fallen and crushed the car of the victim, OoI Book Khak, 74, causing him to be trapped and lose consciousness.

"We used special tools and a bulldozer to extricate the victim, but he was already dead.

"The case has been handed over to the police,” he said in a statement Sunday, adding that the fallen tree was cleared by 5pm. - Bernama