Elderly man rescued after car plunges down 30-meter slope

The Star

A 78-year-old man survived nearly 24 hours trapped in his vehicle after it crashed down a 30-meter slope in Balik Pulau.   Teh Seng Keat disappeared on Thursday (May 29) evening  while driving home from Batu Lanchang, prompting a family search effort.   After he called his wife on Friday (May 30) morning saying his car was stuck in a ditch, relatives used phone tracking to locate him near Jalan Baru.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 78-year-old man who went missing on Thursday evening has been rescued after spending nearly

00:0924 hours trapped in his car at the bottom of a 30-meter slope.

00:14Tay Seng Keat, who is from Gelugor, Penang, was found injured and exhausted at Bukititi

00:19Serong in Balikpulao around 5 p.m. on Friday.

00:23The Fire and Rescue Department team used a stretcher to bring him up the steep slope

00:28before he was rushed to hospital for treatment.

00:31The ordeal began when Tay left a relative's home in Batu Lanchang at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday

00:39and failed to return.

00:41His family launched a search after he called his wife on Friday morning, explaining that

00:46his car had fallen into a ditch and he couldn't find his way back to the road.

00:51His family immediately began tracking his mobile phone signal, which led them to the Jalanbaru

00:57area in Balikpulao.

00:59Emergency services discovered his car around 3.30 p.m. on Friday after it had veered off

01:05the road at Bukititi Serong.

01:08Rescue operations commenced immediately, with firefighters using specialized equipment to

01:13retrieve Tay from the slope around 5 p.m.

01:16Tay's daughter said on Facebook that her father was semi-conscious when admitted to hospital

01:21following his rescue.

01:27연 Di reviewer times 7 p.m.

01:456 p.m.

01:48About the reason none of her men is sighted.

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