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**Frdsdx26** · 12-20-2010, 11:36 PM

27 die in Cameron Highlands bus crash

Bernama
Published Dec 20 2010

Fire and Rescue Department personnel searching for survivors in the ill-fated tourist bus
Twenty-seven people, many of them tourists from Thailand, were killed when a tour bus hit a divider and overturned on the way down from Cameron Highlands Monday.

The scene of the crash at the Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands highway
Twenty-two died on the spot and five on the way to hospital following the accident at Km15 of the Cameron Highland-Simpang Pulai Road at 11.40 am.

About 15 other passengers were reported to be injured with about 10 of them suffering very serious injuries. The crash has been described as one of Malaysia's worst road accidents in recent years.

Perak Deputy Chief Police Officer Datuk Zakaria Yusof said the double-decker bus belonging to San Express Holiday of Jitra, Kedah, was carrying 37 Thai tourists but the driver, co-driver and tourist guide were Malaysians.

Zakaria said the police and Fire & Rescue personnel were summoned at about noon and deployed about 100 people in the rescue operation.

Paramedics attending to one of the injured passengers
He said the bus was heading to Kuala Lumpur from Cameron Highlands, and it was believed that the tourists were to have flown to Bangkok from Kuala Lumpur.

Zakaria said preliminary investigations indicated that the driver lost control of the bus, causing it to hit the road divider, crash onto the opposite lane and overturn.

He said the identity and gender of the dead were yet to be determined.

12-20-2010, 11:36 PM	#2
Frdsdx26 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	27 die in Cameron Highlands bus crash Bernama Published Dec 20 2010 Fire and Rescue Department personnel searching for survivors in the ill-fated tourist bus Twenty-seven people, many of them tourists from Thailand, were killed when a tour bus hit a divider and overturned on the way down from Cameron Highlands Monday. The scene of the crash at the Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands highway Twenty-two died on the spot and five on the way to hospital following the accident at Km15 of the Cameron Highland-Simpang Pulai Road at 11.40 am. About 15 other passengers were reported to be injured with about 10 of them suffering very serious injuries. The crash has been described as one of Malaysia's worst road accidents in recent years. Perak Deputy Chief Police Officer Datuk Zakaria Yusof said the double-decker bus belonging to San Express Holiday of Jitra, Kedah, was carrying 37 Thai tourists but the driver, co-driver and tourist guide were Malaysians. Zakaria said the police and Fire & Rescue personnel were summoned at about noon and deployed about 100 people in the rescue operation. Paramedics attending to one of the injured passengers He said the bus was heading to Kuala Lumpur from Cameron Highlands, and it was believed that the tourists were to have flown to Bangkok from Kuala Lumpur. Zakaria said preliminary investigations indicated that the driver lost control of the bus, causing it to hit the road divider, crash onto the opposite lane and overturn. He said the identity and gender of the dead were yet to be determined.
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