Police: Negligence likely caused SUV to plunge into ravine

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The accident involving a sports utility vehicle (SUV) at Kilometre 52 of Jalan Kuala Jeneris-Sungai Gawi-Aring (Bukit Kawah) last Friday (Dec 5) is believed to have been caused by negligence, according to police.  Hulu Terengganu district police chief Supt Sharudin Abd Wahab said investigations showed that no brake marks were found at the scene.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yws65ppf  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The accident involving an SUV that plunged into a 61-meter-deep ravine at Kilometer 52

00:05of Jalan Kuala Janari's Sungai Gawi Aring last Friday is believed to have been caused by

00:11negligence. Hulu Terengganu District Police Chief Superintendent Sharudeen Abdul Wahab said

00:16investigations found no brake marks at the scene, indicating the vehicle was not traveling at high

00:22speed before going over the ravine. He added that the SUV entered a section of road that had been

00:27closed off, likely due to a landslide, before continuing straight into the ravine. The vehicle

00:34was retrieved in an operation lasting nearly four hours, complicated by heavy rain, and has been

00:39taken to the Hulu Terengganu District Police Headquarters for further investigation. Police

00:45noted that, while several warning signs and concrete barriers had been installed at the site, some had

00:51been removed by irresponsible parties. Authorities say they will take legal action against anyone found

00:57tampering with the safety installations. On Friday, a couple who were soon to be married died in the

01:03incident, which occurred while they were traveling from Hulu Terengganu towards Guamusang. An inspection

01:10of the SUV revealed a dashcam bracket, but the device itself was missing, likely dislodged during the fall.

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