Thirty-three people are feared dead after a stage bus carrying 49 passengers plunged into a ravine along the road heading down from Genting Highlands earlier this afternoon.
The bus was said to be en route to KL Sentral.
At a press conference, Fire and Rescue Department operations deputy director Azizan Ismail said the bus fell some 200 feet (70m).
He said that initial observations revealed that 32 of the victims still in the ravine were feared dead.
Azizan added that 16 survivors have been taken to various hospitals. It is learnt that the victims are being treated at the Selayang, Kuala Lumpur and Sungai Buloh hospitals.
Of the six of the injured passengers undergoing treatment at the Selayang Hospital, three of them are in critical condition.
The Star, meanwhile, reported that the accident occurred some 2km from the Chin Swee Cave Temple and traffic in the area had come to a standstill.
According to the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department'sFacebook page, a distress call was received at 2.48pm.
Photographs being widely circulated on Facebook showed a yellow bus lying at the bottom of a ravine.
Also present at the scene were the Sultan of Pahang, menteri besar and Bentong member of parliament Liow Tiong Lai.
Meanwhile, Ketari assemblyperson Lee Chin Chen, who is at the scene, told Malaysiakini at 5.15pm that rescue workers had rescued 12 people from the wreckage.
Today's tragedy is one of the worst bus accidents in the country's history.
Previously, the bus accident at Jalan Cameron Highlands-Simpang Pulai on Dec 20, 2010 which claimed 27 lives was considered the most horrific bus accident in Malaysian history.
Before this, the worst bus accident was on Aug 13, 2007, at Km229 of the North-South Expressway in Bukit Gantang, where 20 people died and nine others sustained injuries.
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The bus was said to be en route to KL Sentral.
At a press conference, Fire and Rescue Department operations deputy director Azizan Ismail said the bus fell some 200 feet (70m).He said that initial observations revealed that 32 of the victims still in the ravine were feared dead.
Azizan added that 16 survivors have been taken to various hospitals. It is learnt that the victims are being treated at the Selayang, Kuala Lumpur and Sungai Buloh hospitals.
Of the six of the injured passengers undergoing treatment at the Selayang Hospital, three of them are in critical condition.
The Star, meanwhile, reported that the accident occurred some 2km from the Chin Swee Cave Temple and traffic in the area had come to a standstill.According to the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department'sFacebook page, a distress call was received at 2.48pm.
Photographs being widely circulated on Facebook showed a yellow bus lying at the bottom of a ravine.
Also present at the scene were the Sultan of Pahang, menteri besar and Bentong member of parliament Liow Tiong Lai.
Meanwhile, Ketari assemblyperson Lee Chin Chen, who is at the scene, told Malaysiakini at 5.15pm that rescue workers had rescued 12 people from the wreckage.
Today's tragedy is one of the worst bus accidents in the country's history.
Previously, the bus accident at Jalan Cameron Highlands-Simpang Pulai on Dec 20, 2010 which claimed 27 lives was considered the most horrific bus accident in Malaysian history.
Before this, the worst bus accident was on Aug 13, 2007, at Km229 of the North-South Expressway in Bukit Gantang, where 20 people died and nine others sustained injuries.
[More to follow]
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