A “forgetful” father driving in North-South Highway travelling all the way from JB to their hometown Kedah. They started their journey early and taking a break in Pagoh R&R. He left behind one of the passenger, his 5-year-old daughter in the R&R toilet and only realised it 3 hours later. Lucky his daughter is in a safe hands.
The incident happened on Oct 5, at around 4:40am. A dad was driving a van travelling all the way from JB to Kedah, taking a break in Pagoh R&R and accidentally left behind his daughter in R&R toilet, reported by Sin Chew.
According to the police officer on duty, the 5-year-old girl was travelling with her younger sister, and also a couple who is the auntie and uncle.
The long hours drive was believed led to the father’s tiredness, fatigue, and lack of attentiveness. Thus, he didn’t realised he left his daughter behind until 3 hours later.
The police spoke person said the girl was left in R&R for more than 3 hours until the police on patrol found her and brought her back to Pagoh Police station. They posted the missing note on Facebook and some netizens were sharing the news.
After the father realised his daughter was left behind, immediately he returned to Pagoh R&R to look for her. He was then told his daughter was in the police station and he was glad that she was in a safe hands.