TAMPARULI: A local teenager went missing and was feared drowned as strong current swept him away after he fell off a suspension bridge into the Tuaran River in Kampung Telibong, here, Saturday.
Mohd Hisham Iskandar Azli, 13, is believed to have slipped while using the Kampung Damat-Kampung Lakang suspension bridge with his five friends at 2.30pm.
The fire department said they rushed nine rescuers and the detection dog unit to the scene but have not found the boy as of writing time.
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