{
  "id": 11842962,
  "title": "Senior citizen found drowned after car plunges into river",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/senior-citizen-found-drowned-after-car-plunges-into-river",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T04:37:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1547342/senior-citizen-found-drowned-after-car-plunges-river"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Sungai Petani, the body of a 77-year-old man, Mat Yusof Hashim, was discovered today, two days after he went missing. The Fire and Rescue Department and police conducted a search and rescue operation that began two nights ago. Assistant Commissioner Hanyan Ramlan of Kuala Muda confirmed the victim's body was found within a 50 to 100-meter area of his vehicle, which had skidded and plunged into Sungai Lubuk Kawah. The body was fully clothed when found and will be sent to the Forensic Department of Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Star. Mat Yusof was on his way home from dropping off his future wife, Nisun Che Mat, 69, for their wedding scheduled for December 12.",
  "summary": "SUNGAI PETANI: An elderly man who went missing after the car he was driving skidded and plunged into Sungai Lubuk Kawah, along Jalan Lubuk Segintah - Lubuk Kawah, was found drowned today.",
  "key_points": [
    "77-year-old Mat Yusof Hashim found drowned",
    "Car plunged into Sungai Lubuk Kawah",
    "Wedding scheduled for December 12"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The tragic discovery brings closure to the search for the 77-year-old man but adds to the sorrow of his 69-year-old fiancée, who now faces their wedding without him.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}