Misc Jenny on 13 Aug 2007 10:16 pm
Tragic Bus Crash At North South Expressway
One of the country’s worst road accidents, which occurred in the wee hours early Monday morning on the North-South Expressway near Taiping, was a disaster waiting to happen.
20 bus passengers died and 10 others injured when the express bus they were travelling hit a guard rail before crashing into a boulder and landing on its side in a gully. The bus was believed to be from Malacca heading to Alor Star.
The driver had 13 traffic summonses, some still outstanding and two warrants of arrest against him while the 20-year-old bus, which also had 19 summonses, did not even have the permit to ply the route.
The 20 passengers of the bus were killed along with the 37- year-old driver and 9 others including a three-year old boy are in hospital, some in critical condition.
According to TheStar.com.my, the following are the victims list:
THE DEAD
1. Siti Sophia Ismail, 23, Alor Star
2. Teoh Kee Song, 34, Padang Temusu, Kedah
3. Zaiton Bachik, 56, Malacca
4. Nur Sharul Miza Mohd Khairi, 27, Sungai Petani
5. Tea Choon Joo, 36, Padang Temusu, Kedah
6. Zuliani Buang, 25, Tanjung Keling, Malacca
7. Shahril Afendi, 22, Alor Star
8. T. Krishnan, 46, from Taman Haji Muslim, Kuala Ketil, Kedah
9. Fadliz Ahmad, 22, Jalan Penaga, Taman Maju, Jasin, Malacca
10. Express bus driver Rohizan Abu Bakar, 37, Lorong 1/2, Taman Sri Petaling, Kulim, Kedah
11. Josli Arshad, 39, Jalan Dang Merdu, Jambatan Duyong, Malacca
12. Nazri Nordin, 35, Desa Baiduri, Jalan Ru 1, Bandar Baru, Ayer Itam, Penang
13. Pang Tee Min, 58, Jalan Ong Kim Wee, Malacca
14. Mohd Yazid Md Yusoh, 27, Jalan Kolam Air Utama, Fasa 4, Taman Maju, Jasin, Malacca
15. Kamis Said, 62, Batu 22 1/2, Pasir Gembor, Tanjung Bidara, Masjid Tanah, Malacca
16. Md Basri, Kampung Pulai Darat, Merlimau, Malacca
17. H. Abu Bakar, 37, from Medan, Indonesia
18. Sri Asiah, 32, Indonesian female - believed to be mother of a unidentified three-year-old boy in ICU
19. P. Sunderesvarar, 31, Kedah
* One dead still not identified
THE INJURED
1. Express bus co-driver P.Veeraman, 36, Taman Sri Merbau, Kulim, Kedah
2. Quang Ngol Hung, a male Vietnamese
3. Mohd Fauzi Hassan, 26
4. Chhatrapati Ejam, 24, a male Nepalese
5. Zurina Rashid, 23, Kuala Kedah
6. Mohd Zahidi Che Ahmad, 22, Klawang, Langkawi
7. Ngu Yeh Hui Vinh, 27, a male Vietnamese
8. Siew Ken Ming, 20, Malacca
* One injured still not identified
on 14 Aug 2007 at 3:42 am 1.JiNG said …
It makes me dont dare to take bus d for time being.. sob sob.. May all of those victim rest in peace..
on 14 Aug 2007 at 3:54 am 2.Jenny said …
yes, really scared. If got choice, I rather driving or go back by train. very sad with the news.