Father, daughter from China die after tree falls on car in Malaysia

The bodies of two Chinese tourists who were trapped in a car when a tree fell on it in Pinang Peranakan Mansion in Lebuh Gereja in Malaysia’s Penang state have been recovered.

Firefighters managed to retrieve the bodies of the victims – Liu Zhu, 69 and his daughter Liu Xinxin, 36 – from the wreckage at about 5pm on Wednesday.

The man was seated in the rear seat while the woman was found in the front passenger seat.

A crane had to be called in to lift the tree, whose roots were attached to a slab of concrete walls that came down with it.

It was understood that the duo had finished the visit at the attraction site and were leaving when the tragedy struck.