Elderly Felda settler drowns in car after floods hit Rompin

KUANTAN – A septuagenarian was found drowned in his car in an oil palm plantation on the main road of Felda Selancar 2, Rompin, after floodwaters receded recently.

Rompin district police chief Mohd Azahari Mukhtar said they were informed of the discovery of the victim, Abdullah Satar, 73, a settler, at around 6.40pm yesterday.

“According to preliminary investigations, the family claimed that the victim had been missing since last Wednesday after leaving the house and he could not be contacted, after which they searched for him but failed to locate him.

“The victim’s son claimed that his friend contacted him and informed that the victim’s car, a Proton Iswara, was found at the plantation and the deceased was in the car,” he said when contacted here today.

Azahari said police along with firefighters from Muadzam Shah Fire and Rescue station and Felda settlers extricated the victim.

An autopsy at Muadzam Shah Hospital in Rompin last night confirmed the victim’s death by drowning and the case was classified as sudden death. – Bernama, March 3, 2023