GEORGE TOWN: Prompt action by an auxiliary policeman, a fisherman and Civil Defence Force (APM) personnel saved the life of a woman who had jumped off the Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Penang Second Bridge here today.
The 28-year-old woman was said to have taken the leap after parking her Toyota Avanza on the bridge at Km 9.9.
A fisherman, who witnessed the 11.13am incident from his boat, rushed to her rescue. A policeman also sped to the scene after receiving a distress call.
They saved the woman from drowning with the help of APM personnel.
The woman was taken to the Batu Musang jetty and admitted to hospital for treatment.
A one-minute-and-three-second video of the rescue effort has gone viral on social media.