BAGAN SERAI: Eleven-year-old Ahmad Khalif had been hoping his family would stay in a holiday home with a pool during their trip to attend his aunt's wedding in Penaga, Kedah.
His wish would never come true.
The third of four siblings drowned in a ditch in Matang Jelutong here yesterday evening.
His father, Mohd Shahrizal Abu Othman, 43, said he was heartbroken that his Ahmad Khalif's final wish went unfulfilled.
He said he rushed to the scene the moment he heard from other villagers that his son had fallen into the ditch.
"After searching for 15 minutes, my son was found but he was gone."
Shahrizal said he accepted his son's passing.
"God loves him more," he said.
Ahmad Khalif, and his friends had reportedly gone to take a closer look at an excavator that was digging the ditch.
They were playing in the ditch when tragedy struck. Ahmad Khalif was buried yesterday.