Express bus plunges into river in Kelantan, 45 injured


KOTA BARU: Forty-five passengers including 16 foreign tourists were injured when an express bus they were travelling in skidded and plunged into a river in Kampung Guchil, Batu Balai in Kuala Krai. 

Head of the Kuala Krai fire and rescue station assistant superintendent Hanif Khalid said the incident occurred at about 4.40am, Friday, while the bus was on its journey from Kuala Lumpur to here. 

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