Waters were too strong

Swept away: Ganasan relating the events that led to the death of his colleague Ravichanthar who fell and drowned at the sugar mill jetty in Sungai Prai.

BUTTERWORTH: A slip into a swollen river caused by the floods proved fatal for barge operator S. Ravichanthar.

The jetty he was standing on was wet and slippery, said his colleague S. Ganasan.