Man killed, five injured as tree falls on house in Ipoh


IPOH: An Indonesian man has been killed and five others injured after a large tree fell on a wooden house on Jalan Tanjung Rambutan during a storm here.

Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre officer-in-charge Saiful Rizan Sulaiman said the deceased, believed to be a worker at a nearby memorial park, was pronounced dead by medical personnel at 6.15pm on Tuesday (Feb 6).

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