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.
"The incident happened at 8am and firefighters received a report at noon from the Marudi district police headquarters," they said when contacted Monday.
They added that the daughter was found drowned not far from the location of the incident by villagers and was taken to her family home in Long Tikan.
An operations team from the Marudi Fire and Rescue station is scheduled to leave for the location of the incident at 6am on Tuesday, and the journey is estimated to take between 10 to 12 hours, he added.
Meanwhile, a Facebook user named Sabrina NJ, who claims to be an old friend of the victim, said in a post that the road the victim chose was an alternative road connecting Long Silat, Long Mekabar and Long Jekitan after the main road to the area, Jalan Long Mekabar, was cut off. - Bernama
