2 seriously injured as bus crashes trying to avoid 4WD pickup

 

The express bus lying on its side in a ditch after it crashed while travelling from Ipoh to Lumut. (Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia pic)

IPOH: A bus driver and a passenger were seriously injured today when an express bus crashed when trying to avoid a four-wheel drive pickup truck on the Ipoh-Lumut Highway near Changkat Cermin, about 60km from here.

Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad of the Perak fire and rescue department said 18 others on the express bus suffered light injuries. The driver of the pickup truck was also injured.

Manjung district police chief Nordin Abdullah said initial investigations found that the Hilux 4WD vehicle, heading from Lumut to Ipoh, had suddenly switched lanes.

The action resulted in the express bus driver being unable to brake in time, causing him to lose control of the vehicle, he said. - FMT