Car audio system catches fire, man suffers smoke inhalation and dies


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 28 Oct 2014

GEORGE TOWN: A man died, apparently from smoke inhalation, after the audio system of the car he was in caught fire on Lebuh Chulia here early Tuesday.

Abdul Rahim Md Nor, 63, passed out in the incident that happened at 12.42am, and died at 3am while undergoing treatment at the Penang Hospital.

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