JITRA: A 29-year-old man died when a car he was driving plunged into a river at Jalan Lana Bulu Kampung Tandop here.
Lim Keat Seong's body was found trapped in the car when the Kedah Fire and Rescue Services Department pulled the vehicle out of the river at 7.55am today.
The department's public relations officer Nur Hafizah Muhammad Lukman, in a statement, said the department received a report about an object, believed to be a car, which had plunged into the river about 3.40am yesterday.
"The villagers heard a loud noise but did not see anything. Our team's scuba unit conducted a search at 4.11am," she said.
She said a Mercedes Benz car was found at the bottom of the four-metre deep river and had to be winched out.
The victim, who was also from Jalan Lana Bulu, was found strapped to the driver's seat, she added.
Nur Hafizah said the victim's body was handed to the police for further action.