School assistant missing, daughter drowned after their vehicle was swept away


MIRI: A school personal assistant in Baram near here is missing, while his daughter was found drowned after the four-wheel-drive vehicle they were in was swept away by currents as they crossed a river.

A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said Dawellies Luing, 46, and his daughter, Vallerie Mentie Dawellies, nine, were on their way home from Sekolah Kebangsaan Long Jekitan when the vehicle was swept away at Sungai Sengayan in Long Jekitan, Baram, on Monday (April 14) morning.

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