28 passengers – 13 of them students – have close shave

Broken windscreen: The damaged front of the express bus that crashed into a trailer. — Photo courtesy of IPD Maran

KUANTAN: Twenty-eight people, including 13 students from Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), escaped unhurt after the express bus they were travelling in crashed into the rear of a trailer at KM161.5 of the East Coast Expressway.

Maran police chief Supt Wong Kim Wai said the incident occurred around 1am yesterday while the bus was en route from Terminal Bersepadu Selatan in Kuala Lum­pur to Terminal Sentral Kuantan.