Toddler injured after falling out of vehicle

A three-year-old boy was injured in the face after he was believed to have fallen out of a vehicle along Jalan Lipis-Merapoh in Pahang yesterday.

Lipis district police chief Ismail Man said in the incident at about 11am, the victim was in the back seat of a Proton Iswara Aeroback driven by his father, who was travelling from Kampung Tempoyang to his home in Kampung Berembang.

"Initial investigations found that the child fell out of the vehicle through the open left rear window, when the 36-year-old driver stopped the vehicle (at KM5 of Jalan Lipis-Merapoh) to answer a phone call,” he said in a statement yesterday.

However, the father who was unaware of the incident, continued his journey for another 2km before realising his son was not in the vehicle.

“The driver tried to search but failed and filed a police report in Kuala Lipis,” Ismail added.

He said a passerby found the boy with facial injuries and took him to the Padang Tengku police station before receiving treatment at Kuala Lipis Hospital.

The case is being investigated under Section 337 of the Penal Code. Police are also requesting the cooperation of any party who witnessed the incident to come forward to assist in the investigation.

- Bernama

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