{
  "id": 11584186,
  "title": "77-year-old man missing after car plunges into river",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/77-year-old-man-missing-after-car-plunges-into-river",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T01:30:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/10/1546588/77-year-old-man-missing-after-car-plunges-river"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "SUNGAI PETANI: A 77-year-old man, Mat Yusof Hashim, is missing after his car plunged into a river along Jalan Lubuk Segintah-Lubuk Kawah early this morning. The Sungai Petani police have launched a search and rescue operation to locate the missing individual. A member of the public alerted authorities around 1am that an accident involving a car had occurred. Preliminary investigations suggest Mat Yusof was driving from Jalan Kuala Ketil towards Teloi Timur Felda when he lost control of the vehicle. Initially, it was believed that Mat Yusof drowned along with the car, but after the submerged vehicle was retrieved using a crane, police found that the driver was not inside. The current status of Mat Yusof remains unknown at this time.",
  "summary": "SUNGAI PETANI: A 77-year-old man is missing after the car he was driving skidded into a river along Jalan Lubuk Segintah-Lubuk Kawah here early this morning.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}