Sebuah bas henti-henti Kuala Lumpur-Genting Highlands terjunam ke dalam gaung petang ini sewaktu menurun bukit, menurut sumber polis hari ini.
Laporan awal mendapati nasib 36 penumpang termasuk pemandunya masih belum diketahui. Anggota bomba dan penyelamat telah ditugaskan ke tempat kejadian, menurut sumber itu.
Pegawai Bomba Shukri Md Noor memberitahu Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Genting Highlands menerima panggilan pada jam 2.22 petang dan kemalangan dilaporkan berlaku di KM3.8, jalan menuruni bukit menuju ke Kuala Lumpur lapor The Malaysian Insider.
Sementara itu The Star melaporkan..
Twenty-one people were confirmed dead and more feared killed after a bus carrying local tourists plunged into a 30m ravine near Genting Highlands around 3pm Wednesday.
Twelve of the dead were male and nine female.
It is believed that the bus driver had lost control of the bus, which then rammed a divider before plunging down the gorge. So far, 28 have been pulled out from the bus..
It is believed that the bus driver had lost control of the bus, which then rammed a divider before plunging down the gorge.
So far, 28 have been pulled out from the bus.
The accident occurred at KM36 of the Genting-Kuala Lumpur road, some two kilometres from the Chin Swee Caves Temple, as the bus carrying 49 passengers was coming down from Genting Highlands and heading towards Kuala Lumpur.
Meanwhile, Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah and Bentong MP Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai are at the scene and were briefed by authorities.
Earlier, rescuers worked frantically to reach people trapped in the bus. Some 30 policemen and nine ambulances were at the scene.
Traffic in the area was at a standstill as police ensured rescue vehicles could reach the scene of the accident.
Bentong OCPD Supt Mansor Mohd Noor confirmed the incident to The Star but could not give further details.
"I can confirm that there were passengers on the bus but how many there were I don't know yet. "Authorities as en route to the site now," he said.
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