Imposing higher penalties better way to reduce bus accidents, say groups


Clearing the mess: A crane lifting up the bus that crashed after skidding of the road near the North-South Expressway in Pagoh.

PETALING JAYA: The authorities should impose higher penalties and more regulations on express bus operators instead of hiking fares following the express bus crash on the north bound lane of the North-South Expressway in Pagoh last Saturday.

Fourteen people were killed and 16 others injured in the horrific crash.

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