2 cedera 1 parah; Bas Ekspres Terbabas

KUALA LUMPUR 25 Mei - Seorang penumpang lelaki parah manakala tiga lagi cedera apabila sebuah bas ekspres yang dinaiki hilang kawalan sebelum melanggar pembahagi jalan di Kilometer 20.4, Lebuh Raya Karak dekat sini awal pagi ini.

Bas ekspres yang membawa muatan 33 penumpang ketika itu dalam perjalanan menghala ke ibu negara dari Kuala Terengganu sebelum terbabit dalam nahas kira-kira pukul 5.40 pagi.

Bas itu dikatakan terbabas apabila cuba mengelak daripada melanggar sebuah motosikal yang berhenti secara mengejut.

Dari sumber Sinar Harian pula mengatakan bahawa pemandu bas berkenaan memandu bersendirian tanpa pemandu kedua dan dipercayai hilang kawalan sebelum terbabas.

Ketua Polis Daerah Gombak, Asisten Komisioner Abdul Rahim Abdullah berkata, bas berkenaan berlepas dari Terengganu jam 10 malam kelmarin.


“Seorang penumpang, Mohd Shuhada Abd Rashid, 21, patah bahu kiri akibat tersepit dalam kejadian itu dan dirawat di Hospital Selayang.


Menurutnya, dua lagi penumpang, Zaini, 33, dan Ng Peh Lian, 34, yang dirawat di hospital sama dibenarkan keluar semalam.

Three passengers injured after bus skids into ditch

GOMBAK: Three passengers were injured after a City-bound express bus from the East Coast hit a divider and skidded into a ditch at Km20.4, Karak Highway early yesterday morning.

Gombak district police chief, ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah said the incident happened at 5.40am when the bus with 32 passengers, was on its way to the Putra Bus Station in Kuala Lumpur.

“When the bus approached a sharp bend, the driver lost control, hit the divider, after which the bus fell into the ditch at side of the highway.”

The injured were identified as Mohd Shuhada Abd Rashid, 21, Ng Peh Lian, 34, and a man known only as Zaini, 33. All three were sent to Selayang Hospital for treatment.

The case is being investigated under Section 42 of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless and dangerous driving.

Sumber: Utusan, Sinar Harian & The Malay Mail