Rompin bus-trailer crash claims third victim

ROMPIN: One more person involved in the accident between a bus and a trailer lorry on Jalan Kuantan-Segamat near Bahau junction early Sunday morning (June 9) has died of his injuries, raising the death toll to three, according to police.

Rompin district police chief DSP Nor Azman Yusof said the third victim was identified as Hamzah Ahmad, 60, school employee’, who was receiving treatment at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) in Kuantan.

"Earlier, two victims were reportedly killed - the second driver of the bus, identified as Hadi Asyraf Mad Idris, 29, and a teacher, Hasnatul Adilah Hassan, 48 - while the trailer driver escaped uninjured,” he said when contacted.

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In the 1am incident, a bus carrying 39 passengers, including two drivers, went out of control, hit the lorry laden with iron coils, and overturned.

Nor Azman said the bus was ferrying teachers from Sekolah Kebangsaan Jeram Masjid Tanah, Melaka, along with their children, to Terengganu to attend a benchmarking programme.

The other 36 injured victims are being treated at Muadzam Shah Hospital, Rompin Hospital, and HTAA.

Meanwhile, a check by Bernama found that family members of Mohd Adi and Hasnatul Adilah were at the scene of the incident before they went to Muadzam Shah Hospital's Forensic Unit for the process of managing the victims’ remains. – Bernama