BUTTERWORTH: A teenage girl had to cling to a mangrove tree in a muddy area near the Penang Port Sdn Bhd for two days before being rescued.
State Fire and Rescue Department senior operations commander Faris Izwan Ahmad Fadzilah said the 17-year-old victim was rescued after a port fire department personnel noticed her waving at about 9am yesterday.
“The teenager is believed to have fallen off the Penang Bridge on Thursday and swum towards a building with a blue roof before getting stuck on a mangrove tree.”
According to an initial interview with the girl, she said she was disappointed after failing two driving tests and was afraid of being reprimanded by her family.
Faris Izwan told Bernama that the girl, who was weak and not seriously injured, was taken to Hospital Seberang Jaya for further treatment.
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