Croc drags disabled man into river

LAWAS: It was a cruel twist of fate for a disabled man when he was suddenly dragged into a river by a crocodile while he was fetching water at Kampung Baru Seberang Mission here yesterday.

Efendi Panil, 45, and his niece had gone to fill some containers with river water when the reptiles truck, said Lawas Fire and Rescue station chief Zaki Hussin.

“Upon seeing her uncle being pulled into the water, the niece immediately called out to her younger brother to get help from the villagers,” he told Bernama yesterday.

Zaki said the stat ion received a call on the incident and its personnel immediately rushed to the scene located 25km away.

“Search and rescue operations are still ongoing and we have widened our search to over a 500- metre radius at the site,” he said.