JKR officers in express bus accident in Rembau escape unscathed, says Nanta


KUALA LUMPUR: Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said several Public Works Department (JKR) officers who were in the bus which overturned at KM245.5 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) northbound in Rembau early Wednesday morning (March 12) were unhurt.

Nanta, through a post on Facebook, said that all the JKR employees were passengers on the bus.

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"I am very saddened by the accident involving an express bus today. I was informed that the bus carrying civil servants from Melaka to Kuala Lumpur started its journey from Melaka at 5am before the incident occurred.

"I and the entire Ministry of Works team hope the injured victims will have a speedy recovery," he said.

It was earlier reported that six passengers were injured while 34 others survived when the express bus they were riding in was involved in an accident on the North-South Expressway. – Bernama

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