Early morning scare for three
Near-miss incident: The road collapse that occurred at the 16km mark along Jalan Jemaluang-Mersing.
Three people in a car had a scare when they were almost swallowed up by a landslide along Jalan Jemaluang-Mersing.
Part of the road they were travelling on suddenly collapsed early yesterday morning.
Their car plunged into a 15m- deep ravine that suddenly opened up before them at the 16km mark of the road.
Thankfully, nobody was seriously hurt. One of them was sent to the Mersing Hospital with minor injuries.
Mersing OCPD Deputy Supt Cyril Edward Nuing said the man with the minor injury was identified as Swee Ah Peng, 60.
Police, however, have yet to determine the identities of the other two in the 2.30am incident.
DSP Cyril said when police arrived at the scene, the injured man had been sent to the hospital while the others had left for the Senai International Airport.
He advised road users travelling to Johor Baru or Mersing to take the alternative route of Jalan Nitar-Jemaluang here.
State exco member Datuk Ayub Rahmat said Jalan Telok Arong in Mersing was closed due to a landslide while Jalan Johor Baru-Kuantan near the Mersing Industrial Training Institute was also shut to motorists.
Motorists have been advised to use the alternative routes of Jalan Tanjung Resang, Jalan Mersing/Endau and Jalan Air Papan, he said.
Ayub said as at 2.30pm yesterday, there were 289 flood evacuees in six shelters in Segamat, Mersing and Kota Tinggi.
~News courtesy of The Star~
Near-miss incident: The road collapse that occurred at the 16km mark along Jalan Jemaluang-Mersing.
Three people in a car had a scare when they were almost swallowed up by a landslide along Jalan Jemaluang-Mersing.
Part of the road they were travelling on suddenly collapsed early yesterday morning.
Their car plunged into a 15m- deep ravine that suddenly opened up before them at the 16km mark of the road.
Thankfully, nobody was seriously hurt. One of them was sent to the Mersing Hospital with minor injuries.
Mersing OCPD Deputy Supt Cyril Edward Nuing said the man with the minor injury was identified as Swee Ah Peng, 60.
Police, however, have yet to determine the identities of the other two in the 2.30am incident.
DSP Cyril said when police arrived at the scene, the injured man had been sent to the hospital while the others had left for the Senai International Airport.
He advised road users travelling to Johor Baru or Mersing to take the alternative route of Jalan Nitar-Jemaluang here.
State exco member Datuk Ayub Rahmat said Jalan Telok Arong in Mersing was closed due to a landslide while Jalan Johor Baru-Kuantan near the Mersing Industrial Training Institute was also shut to motorists.
Motorists have been advised to use the alternative routes of Jalan Tanjung Resang, Jalan Mersing/Endau and Jalan Air Papan, he said.
Ayub said as at 2.30pm yesterday, there were 289 flood evacuees in six shelters in Segamat, Mersing and Kota Tinggi.
~News courtesy of The Star~
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