Bus plunges into ravine as driver flees from earlier collision with a truck

By Reports NEVILLE SPYKERMAN, SIRA HABIBU, KATHLEEN ANN KILI, CRYSTAL CHIAM SHIYING, LOSHANA K. SHAGAR, NICHOLAS CHENG and JASTIN AHMAD TARMIZI

PETALING JAYA: Thirteen Malaysians were killed in a horrific bus tragedy near Chiang Mai, Thailand, after their driver, who was fleeing from an earlier collision with a pick-up truck, veered the vehicle off a mountainous highway.

Four other Malaysians were seriously injured while five suffered slight injuries in the accident, which happened at about 12.20pm yesterday.

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