Aaron Ngui
New Straits Times

GEORGE TOWN, THURS: Chan Chen Nee must have thought her life was at an end today. The 27-year-old accounts clerk was driving down the car park complex of her condominium when she lost control of her vehicle, which crashed through the wall and plunged six floors to the ground.

When firemen extricated her from the wreck of the Proton Iswara, which ended up on its roof, all she had was a broken left hand, cuts and bruises.

Chan was believed to have been on her way to work when the incident occurred at the Mutiara Heights apartment complex near the Jelutong expressway at 8.15am.

Passers-by who witnessed the incident rushed to her aid. They called the Fire and Rescue Services Department when they saw Chan pinned between her seat and the steering wheel.

Firemen from the Jalan Perak station, who arrived soon after, took only five minutes to free her.
Chan’s husband, who wanted to be identified only as Teh, said he was at work when a friend informed him that his wife was involved in an accident.

“I rushed home but an ambulance had already taken her to the hospital. I am not sure what exactly happened but am thankful that she did not suffer any serious injury,” the 29-year-old technician said.