Four die in bus-trailer accident near Behrang

PETALING JAYA: Three students and a teacher from SMK Air Merah, Kulim, died after the chartered bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident with a trailer laden with sand at KM382 on the North-South Expressway near Behrang.

The students were on their way from Kulim to Genting Highlands in the 4.45am incident.

Five remain critically injured at the Slim River Hospital. Another 25 were were also injured.

A PLUS official said efforts to extricate the bodies were still ongoing while details of how the accident happened and what caused the bus to overturn remain unclear.

Express bus plunges into drain, 25 hurt

KULAIJAYA: Three people, including a Cambodian tourist, sustained major injuries and 22 others suffered minor cuts when the express bus they were travelling in went out of control and plunged into a drain.

The incident occurred around 4.40am at KM19 along the Ayer Hitam-Johor Baru stretch here Monday.

A passenger said the accident occured a few minutes after the bus had passed the toll station in Kulai, when the vehicle swerved violently, hit a divider and plunged into the drain.

Several passengers, who claimed the bus was speeding, were thrown out of the vehicle.

Johor Baru (North) deputy OCPD Supt Mohd Akhir Ishak said police were questioning the 45-year-old bus driver, adding that all passengers were sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital for treatment.

He said only three passengers sustained major injuries and this included the Cambodian tourist, who broke his left leg.