GEORGE TOWN: A family's desperate dash for safety turned into tragedy when a landslide struck their home in Taman Seri Rambai, Paya Terubong, killing 73-year-old doctor Wong Kar Lin.

Wong's mother-in-law, Wong Poh Lim, in her 80s, was showering upstairs when her daughter, Chang Mei Nuo, 68, alerted her to the landslide.

Poh Lim said they rushed downstairs to escape, only to discover Wong had been crushed by concrete in the kitchen.

"We were shocked and immediately ran out to save ourselves. Everything happened so quickly," she said when met at the scene.