Woman dies, teen daughter survives after car plunges into Unimas lake

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A 50-year-old woman died after the car she was driving skidded into a lake near the University Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) roundabout on Monday (July 21) morning.  Kota Samarahan district police chief Supt Damataries Launtin said the victim's daughter, a 17-year-old with special needs, survived.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/9sd57fvx  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 50-year-old woman died after the car she was driving plunged into a lake near the University

00:07Malaysia Sarawak, Unimas, roundabout on Monday morning. Kota Samarahan District Police Chief

00:13Superintendent Damataris Lontin said the victim has been identified as Nu Sharifa Lucia Abdullah.

00:22Her daughter, a 17-year-old with special needs, survived the 10.40 a.m. incident.

00:28Preliminary investigations found that the victim was travelling from Desa Ilmu to Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan

00:35Mwaratuang via the road within the Unimas area. Upon reaching the lake area near the Unimas roundabout,

00:43the vehicle is believed to have stopped momentarily by the roadside on a grassy patch before veering

00:48into the lake. The victim's daughter was able to escape from the vehicle safely before being rescued

00:54by bystanders. However, Nu Sharifa was unable to escape. She was extricated from the submerged car

01:01about 20 minutes later and pronounced dead at the Prima Health Centre at 11.51 a.m. while receiving

01:09treatment. Her remains have been sent to the Sarawak General Hospital Forensics Unit for a post-mortem.

01:16Damataris said the case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act,

01:231987.

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