PASIR MAS: An 11-year-old girl drowned, while another has gone missing after falling into floodwaters in Kampung Petai Dusun near Rantau Panjang here.
Pasir Mas deputy police chief Nik Aminuddin Raja Abdullah said they received an emergency call about the incident at 6.40pm yesterday.
“The girls were playing in the floodwaters before they slipped and were swept away by the swift currents.
“Siti Aisyah Mazi was rescued by members of the public, but the girl was later pronounced dead while being treated at Tanah Merah Hospital yesterday,” he said in a statement today.
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He also advised parents to always keep an eye on their children and not to let them play unsupervised in floodwaters.
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