Car plunges six floors but driver survives with just cuts
25/05/2007 NST

What’s left of the Proton Iswara after it landed on the ground floor yesterday.

GEORGE TOWN: Chan Chen Nee must have thought her life was about to end yesterday.

Penang Hospital staff wheeling in Chan Chen Nee, who broke her hand and suffered cuts and bruises.

The 27-year-old accounts clerk was driving down the car park complex of her condominium when she lost control of her vehicle.

Her car, a Proton Iswara, smashed through the wall of the car park complex and plunged six floors to the ground.

When firemen extricated her from the wreck of the vehicle, which had landed on its roof, all she had was a broken left hand, cuts and bruises.

Chan was believed to have been on her way to work when the incident occurred at the Mutiara Heights apartment complex, near the Jelutong expressway, at 8.15am.
Passers-by, who witnessed the incident, rushed to her aid.

One man, who wanted to be identified only as Tan, said he was having breakfast at a nearby coffeeshop when he heard a loud noise.

"When I turned around to see what it was that caused the noise, I was shocked to see a car plunging from the car park complex.

"The car smashed into the ground and then landed on its top. I thought that the driver of the car would not survive," he said.

When those who went to help saw Chan pinned between her seat and the steering wheel, they called the Fire and Rescue Department.

Firemen from the Jalan Perak station, who arrived soon after, took five minutes to free her. An ambulance took her to the Penang Hospital emergency ward.

Chan’s husband, who only gave his name as Teh, said he was at work when a friend informed him that his wife was involved in an accident.

"I rushed home but an ambulance had taken her to the hospital. I am not sure what exactly happened but am thankful that she did not suffer any serious injury," the 29-year-old technician said.