JOHOR BARU: A 14-year-old girl drowned, despite her father's efforts to save her and her four siblings from a deep spot in a river tributary at Taman Pulai Perdana, Skudai, here yesterday (July 19).
Fazly Mohd Noor, 33, was fishing when he noticed his children struggling in the water at 3.38pm.
He successfully rescued four of his children—two girls aged five and eight, a 12-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl—but was unable to reach his 14-year-old daughter in time.
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Skudai Fire and Rescue Department Senior Fire Officer Khairul Anwar said ten personnel were deployed to the scene following the distress call.
They located her body some four-metres away from the riverbank and immediately performed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
"Despite performing CPR for 40 minutes, we were unable to resuscitate the victim, she was pronounced dead by the accompanying medical officer," he said when contacted.
Following a post mortem at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital, the victim's body was released to her family.
She was buried at the Batu 26 Pekan Nanas Muslim cemetery in Pontian today (July 20).
Her family were too distraught to speak to the media.