Park Your Car Properly Or It May End Up In River

Bandar Seri Begawan – Members of the public especially those living at Kampong Ayer are advised to take extra precautions when parking their cars along the Jalan Residency area in the capital.

The police gave the advice following an incident whereby a car fell into the Brunei River on Tuesday.

The owner parked the car at the side of the river at Jalan Residency earlier.

At that time the owner was waiting for a water taxi to get home.

The Fire Services Department and the police arrived at the scene about an hour later.

Quick action by the water taxi operators saved the vehicle from sinking and carried away by the water current.

The incident attracted curious onlookers causing traffic congestion around the area.

Firemen had to work against the high tide at that time to raise the car and took them approximately 90 minutes to do so.

No one was hurt. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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