2. Singapore-based medical student killed in bus crash in Malaysia
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MUAR, Sun.:
In what is believed to be the worst road crash in recent years, 10 people, including a 9-year-old girl, were killed and 18 injured when the express bus they were rolled several times before landing on its side in a ditch early yesterday.
The accident, which occurred at Km146.8 of the North-South Expressway near Tangkak at 2am, involved a Singapore-bound bus belonging to Grassfield Bus Company and registered in Petaling Jaya.
Those killed were four men, five women and the child. Seven died on the spot while the others succumbed to their injuries at the Muar Hospital.
Those injured were rushed to the Muar and Tangkak hospitals where 14 were warded and the rest given outpatient treatment. They included three children aged between 9 and 14.
Only four of the deceased have been identified thus far. The bodies of Khor Mooi Hui, 49, and her 20-year-old daughter Foo Pei Sin, from Johor Baru; and, Fuh Mooi Lang, 57, and Chan Jia Yit, 9, both from Setiawan, Perak, were claimed by family members later yesterday.
Firemen took about four hours to extricate the bodies from the wreckage before sending them to the mortuary at the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital here.
The bus left Pantai Remis in Perak at 7pm on Saturday with 26 passengers, a driver and a co-driver onboard.
Police detained the driver, 38, and his assistant, 26, to assist investigation following the accident.
Khor’s husband Foo Chong Ern, 62, said his wife had called him from Ipoh before leaving and he had waited eagerly for them to alight in Johor Baru.
“I was shocked when I received another call from someone early this morning that the express bus was involved in an accident.
“They (Khor and Pei Sin) were in joyous mood and I could not wait to see them. But the phone call last night appeared to be our last conversation,” he said.
Most of the injured said they did not know what happened as they were asleep. They were awakened by a violent jerk.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Nasir Ramli, accompanied by his deputy Superintendent Lee Choon Guan, said at the scene that police believed the accident was caused by the driver losing control of the vehicle.
“Six bodies have yet to be claimed as their identities were unknown because no documents were found on them. We will only know their identities after they are claimed by relatives,” he said.
Nasir urged witnesses to come forward to assist investigations.
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