PETALING JAYA: An octogenarian whose car plunged into a 12m-deep sewage hole in Section 17, here, on May 3, died in hospital earlier today.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zani Che Din said the victim - Yong Chee Seng, 86, was pronounced dead by doctors at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, here, about noon.
"The victim died at UMMC about noon today. A post-mortem will be conducted tomorrow to ascertain the cause of his death," he told the New Straits Times when contacted.
Mohd Zani said the post-mortem is expected to be conducted tomorrow (Monday).
He said Yong, a retired headmaster, had been warded at the hospital for treatment ever since he was rushed there after the accident.
The May 3 incident happened about 2pm when Yong lost control of his Toyota Vios and crashed through safety barriers before it plunged into the uncovered sewage hole at Jalan 17/14.
Yong was heading home with his Filipino maid after dropping his sister off at her condominium in SS2 here.
The victim was reported as saying that he had injured his neck in the accident, while the 30-year-old maid sustained injuries to the right eye.
They were rescued by a team of firemen from Damansara Fire and Rescue Station, who used a winch to pull out the Vios.