IPOH: The joyous outing for a group of teenagers turned into a tragedy when one of them drowned at the Pecah Batu Waterfall near Trong this afternoon.
Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Operations Division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the victim was identified as Muhammad Aqif Mikhail Ali Arafat, 15.
He said the department received a distress call at 5.25pm, and six personnel from the Trong Fire and Rescue Station arrived at the scene five minutes later.
"The victim had already been pulled out of the water by members of the public before the rescue team arrived.
"They tried to resuscitate the boy through CPR, but there was no response," he said in a statement tonight.
Sabarodzi said the boy was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical officer from the Health Ministry.– Bernama