15 killed in Malaysian university bus crash near Thailand border
The early morning crash along the dangerous East-West Highway is the country’s deadliest road accident in over a decade
In the deadliest road accident to strike the country in several years, 13 people were killed at the scene, while two others died in hospital, according to Malaysia’s Civil Defence Force (APM). Thirty-three others were injured, including seven whose condition was critical.
The crash occurred around 1.10am along a remote stretch of the jungle-lined road. Emergency responders found the bus from Sultan Idris Education University overturned, with the mangled car nearby.
“Several injured victims were rushed to Gerik Hospital. Among them were those with broken arms, broken legs and minor injuries,” APM said.
The bus was travelling from Jerteh, in Terengganu, on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, back to its main campus in Tanjung Malim, an hour north of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
“The bus overturned and the minivan slid into a ditch,” the Perak state disaster management authority said, according to Agence France-Presse.