GOMBAK: An express bus ferrying 42 passengers was involved in an accident at KM1.0 of the North–South Expressway (PLUS) southbound here on Sunday (Jan 11), Sinar Harian reports.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar told the Malay language daily that the department had received a distress call on the incident at 5.24am Sunday.
“Eight personnel, including officers, from the Rawang fire and rescue station were dispatched to the scene, some 21km away.
“The fire engine arrived at 5.51am and found that the accident involved an express bus and a lorry,” he said Sunday.
Ahmad Mukhlis said five victims were trapped — four bus passengers and the lorry driver.
“The bus was carrying 42 passengers, including two drivers, with 38 passengers managing to get out safely,” he said.
He added that four bus passengers were trapped, but three were successfully extricated, while another remained trapped at press time, Sinar Harian reported.
“The lorry driver has also been successfully extricated by the rescue team. The operation is ongoing to free the trapped victim inside the bus using specialised equipment,” he said.
