GEORGE TOWN, Feb. 23 -- Pneumonia has been confirmed as the cause of death for the woman found inside a car at a petrol station in Paya Terubong last night, and police have ruled out any criminal elements in the case.

Northeast District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the post-mortem report from Hospital Pulau Pinang's Forensic Medicine Department concluded that the 37-year-old woman died from the lung infection, Berita Harian reported.

"Police investigations found no criminal elements involved... Accordingly, the case remains classified as a sudden death," he said in a statement today.

The woman was discovered unconscious by members of the public in the driver's seat of her Perodua Myvi, which was locked ...