Monday November 20, 2006
Three killed and 13 injured in bus crash
KUALA KUBU BARU: Three Thailand Provincial Electricity Authority (TPEA) employees were killed and 13 seriously injured, when their double-decker luxury bus skidded and crashed into a hillslope before landing on its side at the 12th kilometre of the Gohtong Jaya-Batang Kali road here.
They were among the 45 TPEA personnel members who were in Malaysia for training at the Tenaga Nasional (TNB) offices in Ipoh and Putrajaya.
Eighteen other TPEA staff members suffered various injuries while 11 escaped unhurt. The Thai bus driver and co-driver were also unhurt in the 10.20am incident yesterday.
The Thais had arrived in Genting Highlands on Saturday night after meeting TNB officials in Ipoh and Putrajaya.
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CRASH SCENE: Some of the crash victims lying by the side of the Gohtong Jaya-Batang Kali road in Kuala Kubu Baru yesterday while rescuers work at the accident site. |
The other two dead were identified as accountant Nongnuch Pochana, 45, and engineer Chanadat Karkaew, 27.
Nongnuch, a mother of two children, was killed on the spot while Chanadat died on the way to the Kuala Kubu Baru Hospital.
The bus had left Genting Highlands at about 10am on its way back to Haadyai. Barely 20 minutes later, the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a sharp corner.
The driver, who did not want to reveal his name, said he stepped hard on the brakes but the bus did not slow down.
“I tried to control the bus. But everything happened so fast – the bus hit the side of the hill before landing on its side,” he said in a choking voice when met at the scene of the accident.
Three fire engines with 18 men from the Genting Highlands, Bentong and Kuala Kubu Baru fire stations arrived at the scene within minutes after receiving a distress call at 10.25am.
The firemen, with the help of several TNB personnel members, managed to pull out the passengers after breaking the windscreen of the bus.
They injured were rushed to hospitals in Kuala Kubu Baru and Selayang in several ambulances.
The accident caused a 2km traffic jam on both sides of the road. A crane was used to put the bus back on its wheels at 2pm.
According to police, the bus driver and his co-driver have yet to lodge a police report on the accident.
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