KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — A man today jumped off the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Bridge today, in an apparent suicide bid just days after the Second Penang bridge was opened to the public on the weekend.
According to The Star on its website this evening, the man leapt from the bridge around 2pm but survived the plunge and was rescued by Marine Police.
He is now being treated at Penang Hospital. The newspaper earlier described him as a son of a deputy minister, but has since amended this to nephew.
It was also the first mishap reported since the bridge was opened by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Saturday.
Built at a cost of RM4.5 billion, the bridge is the longest in Southeast Asia.
It is the third link between the island and the mainland, with the ferry service and the first bridge being the first and second links.
