My heart froze, my girl died on her birthday, says driver


K. Muniandy (left) and S. Muniama saying their final goodbye to their daughter Kaliama at their home in Kangkar Pulai.

JOHOR BARU: Bus driver K. Muniandy was on a bus stuck in a traffic jam when he got a call from his wife telling him that the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where his child was warded at had caught fire.

“I instantly went into panic mode but I could only wait anxiously as our bus was caught in a jam that I presumed was related to the fire,” said the 49-year-old who had been taking a city bus from Masai where he works to Hospital Sultanah Aminah to visit his daughter Kaliama, 23, every day.

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