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Driver survives 7m fall into mangrove swamp after crash

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The man is believed to have been intoxicated at the time of the collision.

SHAH ALAM: A motorist survived a 25-foot fall into a mangrove swamp following a collision between his car and a lorry along Jalan Pelabuhan Barat, Telok Gong, Port Klang, near here early this morning.

Selangor fire and rescue department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the 40-year-old male victim sustained only minor injuries.

“The victim’s car rear-ended the lorry on a 25-foot-high (7.62m) bridge, landing him in a mangrove swamp,” he said in a statement.

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