MUAR, Oct 14 — The body of a man whose car plunged into Sungai Panchor in Pagoh yesterday was found and retrieved at 1.01am today by the search team.

Pagoh Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) operations commander Nor Alfatah Omar said the victim, identified as Mud Husni Mahmud, 47, was found inside a black Proton Saga car, about 15 metres deep at the bottom of the river.

“At 10.21 pm, the water rescue unit from the Muar and Skudai Fire and Rescue Stations, managed to locate the vehicle about 50 metres from the riverbank before it was lifted using a crane,” he said in a statement.

The body was later handed over to the police for further action.

The operation ended at 1.38am and involved 20 personnel from the Pagoh, Muar and Skudai Fire and Rescue Stations. — Bernama