Victim of fatal Penang Bridge crash died of drowning, court told

The wreckage of Moey Yun Peng's SUV which plunged off Penang Bridge. - Filepic

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The cause of death of Moey Yun Peng, 20, whose sports utility vehicle (SUV) crashed into the sea from Penang Bridge in January last year, was drowning, the Magistrate's Court here heard.

Medical forensic specialist Dr P. Chandroth Navin told the court that the cause of death was ascertained by taking into account the history obtained from police together with the autopsy and histology findings which pointed towards drowning in the absence of other severe external or internal trauma.