Terrified passengers started calling their loved ones on their mobile phones when the bus started going out of control, said a survivor of the Genting Highlands crash which took the lives of 37.
This included Saidah Misbun, 19, whose father Misbun Hastam helplessly heard her pleas before the line was cut off on that dreadful Wednesday.
"Saidah was crying that she was in pain while in the background there was commotion, and someone was calling out thetakbir.
"I was shocked. When the line was cut, we tried over 20 times to call her back before contacting rescue services to inform them that our daughter was hurt," he told Sinar Harian.
Saidah, a cashier at Genting Highlands sustained injuries to her chest and suffered broken ribs but is reportedly stable condition.
Meanwhile, Sinar reported that another survivor Suryadi Budiarto, 52, said there was a lot of screaming when the bus hit the road divider on its left.
"When the bus started hitting the divider, all the passengers started screaming in fear. It happened so fast.
This included Saidah Misbun, 19, whose father Misbun Hastam helplessly heard her pleas before the line was cut off on that dreadful Wednesday.
"Saidah was crying that she was in pain while in the background there was commotion, and someone was calling out thetakbir. "I was shocked. When the line was cut, we tried over 20 times to call her back before contacting rescue services to inform them that our daughter was hurt," he told Sinar Harian.
Saidah, a cashier at Genting Highlands sustained injuries to her chest and suffered broken ribs but is reportedly stable condition.
Meanwhile, Sinar reported that another survivor Suryadi Budiarto, 52, said there was a lot of screaming when the bus hit the road divider on its left.
"When the bus started hitting the divider, all the passengers started screaming in fear. It happened so fast.
"Near me were two women who also survived. They were both crying for help through their mobile phones," he told the daily.
The Indonesian national who sustained a broken arm was thrown out of the bus and found three metres from the wreckage an hour after the accident which happened at about 2.20pm.
'Problems from the start'
"I paid RM5.90 and was given a ticket which showed my seat number was 37 but when I got on the bus, it was packed with four men already standing.
"The bus had problems from the start. It wasn't moving very smoothly, but it was moving fast," he said.
Although the survivors said the bus was packed, Land Transport Department chairperson Syed Hamid Albar said that it was not overcapacity.
He reportedly said that as a public stage bus it is allowed to carry 65 passengers, 45 sitting and 20 standing.
Meanwhile, rescue workers on the second day of the harrowing search found severed body parts, including two legs and human pieces of flesh.
"We don't know who the legs belong to and we are sending them to the forensics lab for investigation," Bentong police district chief Mohamad Mansor Mohd Nor said.
160 resecue workers from the police, fire department and the general operations force are involved in the search.
"Most of those who died sustained internal injuries. 15 have been identified...while five bodies have been claimed by their families," he was quoted by Sinar as saying.
The Indonesian national who sustained a broken arm was thrown out of the bus and found three metres from the wreckage an hour after the accident which happened at about 2.20pm.
'Problems from the start'
"I paid RM5.90 and was given a ticket which showed my seat number was 37 but when I got on the bus, it was packed with four men already standing.
"The bus had problems from the start. It wasn't moving very smoothly, but it was moving fast," he said.Although the survivors said the bus was packed, Land Transport Department chairperson Syed Hamid Albar said that it was not overcapacity.
He reportedly said that as a public stage bus it is allowed to carry 65 passengers, 45 sitting and 20 standing.
Meanwhile, rescue workers on the second day of the harrowing search found severed body parts, including two legs and human pieces of flesh.
"We don't know who the legs belong to and we are sending them to the forensics lab for investigation," Bentong police district chief Mohamad Mansor Mohd Nor said.
160 resecue workers from the police, fire department and the general operations force are involved in the search.
"Most of those who died sustained internal injuries. 15 have been identified...while five bodies have been claimed by their families," he was quoted by Sinar as saying.
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