KULAIJAYA: An express bus driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the guardrail along the North-South highway, leaving seven passengers with minor injuries and another with suspected broken ribs.
The Kuala Lumpur-bound StarMart Express bus, which left the Larkin Terminal at about 2.30am, got into the accident along KM32 of the highway northbound, just before the Kulai rest area, at about 3.30am with 14 passengers on board.
It is believed that the bus driver, in his 30s had dozed off before losing control of the vehicle.
Kulaijaya OCPD Supt Zulkefly Yahya said seven passengers, including a woman, aged between 20 and 40 years, received outpatient treatment at Kulai Hospital while a man, in his 40s, was warded as he might have broken his ribs.
"The other remaining passengers were unhurt during the incident.
"The bus's left side was badly damaged," he said when contacted here on Saturday.
Supt Zulkefly said that police had taken the statement from the bus driver
"The bus was supposed to leave the terminal at 12.30am but left two hours later due to some delay.
"We are also investigating whether the bus's engine was damaged," he said.
He added that the bus had been brought to Air Bemban police station for further inspection.
He urged anyone with information to contact the police hotline at 07-2212999 or the nearest police station.
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