KOTA KINABALU (Sept 27): A 14-year-old boy drowned while swimming with friends in a river in Menggatal here today.
Hazwi Danial bin A. Rashid drowned while swimming with 19 of his school friends from SMK Tebobon.
It was said that Hazwi and another boy faced difficulty in the water and their friends immediately came to their rescue. The friends managed to pull the other boy out from the river but Hazwi was swept away by the water current.
Lintas Fire and Rescue Station chief Agustavia Joe Guasi said a distress call was received at 12.44pm and 13 fire and rescue personnel were immediately deployed to the location.
Search team found Hazwi’s body a couple of meters away from where he was first reported missing at around 2.48pm.
Paramedics confirmed the victim’s death and the body was handed to the police for further action.