Express bus falls into ravine near Gua Tempurung


Policemen checking out the site where an Expres Konsortium bus had landed after veering off the North-South Expressway near Gua Tempurung, Gopeng.

IPOH: An express bus fell into a nine metre-deep ravine after veering off the North-South Expressway near Gua Tempurung in Gopeng.

Kampar OCPD Supt Ng Kong Soon said the driver of the Expres Konsortium bus was killed instantly while two passengers were left seriously injured as a result of the incident at KM301.5 of the expressway, at about 4.25pm on Monday.

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