マレーシア・ニュース

急行バスが渓谷に落下、6人死亡

クアラ・カンサー：昨日、メロナトンネルの脇にある渓谷に高速道路を走っていたバスが落下した。この事故により乗客6人が死亡し、他の乗客たちも重傷でそれぞれ病院で治療を受けている。OCPD警視のザカリア・パガン氏はこのバスが午後6時に出発した時、既に雨が降っており視界はよくなかったと話した。25歳の看護婦研修生はバスの後部に座っており次のように話した。バスドライバーは事故の前に2台の車との接触事故を避けていたが、そのままコントロールを失い転倒してしまい渓谷に突っ込んでいった、乗客の叫び声が聞こえる中、激しい追突によって出血していた乗客もいたと話す。彼女自身は幸いにも軽傷で済んだが、もう少し救出が遅かったらバスの爆発にまきこまれていただろうと話した。

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[ 3月10日　15：35　MCS]

ニュース・ソース

Six killed in accident as bus plunges into ravine

KUALA KANGSAR: Six passengers of a Taiping-bound express bus were killed when it plunged into a ravine outside the Menora Tunnel along the North-South Expressway yesterday.

Three of the victims were identified as Lee Ah Chuan, 53, of Batu Kurau; Chung Keaw @ Cheong Yue Moy, 65, of Kampung Baru Malim Nawar and 22-year-old A. Thanalachumi of Taiping.

At press time, the names of the other victims were still not released to the media.

Six passengers with serious injuries were warded at the Ipoh Hospital while 15 others who suffered light injuries were sent to the Kuala Kangsar Hospital.

Kuala Kangsar OCPD Supt Zakaria Pagan said it was raining when the bus, with 40 passengers on board, went off the road at 6pm.

It had left Ipoh about an hour earlier.

Police investigations showed that the bus driver was trying to avoid colliding with two cars involved in an earlier accident.

He lost control and the bus turned turtle down a five-metre deep slope near Kampung Rambai Tujuh, Supt Zakaria told reporters.

Passenger Kasmawati Azmi said she was sitting near the back of the bus when she felt its swaying.

“It wasn’t speeding. It was drizzling and I felt the bus driver trying to avoid hitting the other cars,” said the 25-year-old trainee dental nurse.

“But the bus ended up skidding sharply to the left before crashing through the guardrail and plunging down the slope.

“Everyone screamed. I saw two passengers bleeding after their ears were severed in the crash,” she added.

Kasmawati said she was returning to her home in Taman Kuning Sari in Taiping, when the incident occurred.

“It was my first time taking the bus. Usually my parents would fetch me at the Ipoh Hospital,” she said.

Kasmawati, who crawled out of the bus through the emergency door, said she thought the bus was going to burst into flames and that she would die instantly.

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.<10-3-2007 THE STAR>