Fatal crash site a dark and winding stretch, say police


GERIK: The crash that killed 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students occurred at KM53 of the East-West Highway, at a stretch that is on a downhill slope and is winding and dark, say police.

Perak police chief Comm Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin said the highway is mostly unlit except near the Tasik Banding bridge, Perak.

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