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Thirty-seven people were killed after a stage bus carrying 53 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 and a number foreigners were among the passengers.
According to Utusan Malaysia, which quoted Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan, the body of the final deceased was brought out of the ravine at 8.01pm.
At an earlier press conference, Fire and Rescue Department operations deputy director Azizan Ismail said the bus fell some 200 feet (70m).
Thirty-seven people were killed after a stage bus carrying 53 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 and a number foreigners were among the passengers.
According to Utusan Malaysia, which quoted Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan, the body of the final deceased was brought out of the ravine at 8.01pm.
At an earlier press conference, Fire and Rescue Department operations deputy director Azizan Ismail said the bus fell some 200 feet (70m).
He 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 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 onFacebook showed a yellow bus lying at the bottom of a ravine.
Also present at the scene were the Sultan of Pahang (photo below), menteri besar and Bentong member of parliament Liow Tiong Lai.
Meanwhile, Ketari assemblyperson Lee Chin Chen, who is at the scene, toldMalaysiakini at 5.15pm that rescue workers had rescued 12 people from the wreckage.
Today's tragedy is the worst bus accident in the country's history.
Previously, the most horrific bus accident in Malaysian history was at Jalan Cameron Highlands-Simpang Pulai on Dec 20, 2010, which claimed 27 lives.
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.
Past major bus accidents in Genting:
March 5, 2012: Two dead, 20 hurt in bus crash.
July 30, 2011: 13 injured after a bus skidded when heading downhill.
Oct 29, 2010: A bus crashed at the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway slip road, killing seven.
June 16, 2009: 22 hurt in a bus accident.
July 16, 1996: A bus carrying factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120 metre ravine at Km1 Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway, killing 17.
June 30, 1995: A landslide affecting cars and a bus resulted in 20 deaths.
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 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 onFacebook showed a yellow bus lying at the bottom of a ravine.
Also present at the scene were the Sultan of Pahang (photo below), menteri besar and Bentong member of parliament Liow Tiong Lai.
Meanwhile, Ketari assemblyperson Lee Chin Chen, who is at the scene, toldMalaysiakini at 5.15pm that rescue workers had rescued 12 people from the wreckage. Today's tragedy is the worst bus accident in the country's history.
Previously, the most horrific bus accident in Malaysian history was at Jalan Cameron Highlands-Simpang Pulai on Dec 20, 2010, which claimed 27 lives.
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.
Past major bus accidents in Genting:
March 5, 2012: Two dead, 20 hurt in bus crash.
July 30, 2011: 13 injured after a bus skidded when heading downhill.
Oct 29, 2010: A bus crashed at the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway slip road, killing seven.
June 16, 2009: 22 hurt in a bus accident.
July 16, 1996: A bus carrying factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120 metre ravine at Km1 Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway, killing 17.
June 30, 1995: A landslide affecting cars and a bus resulted in 20 deaths.
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