Five injured in tour bus-lorry collision on Elite Highway

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An express bus driver sustained serious injuries, while five passengers suffered minor wounds after the bus rear-ended a lorry at KM43 southbound on the Elite Highway around 8am  on Saturday (March 22).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00An express bus driver sustained serious injuries while five passengers suffered minor wounds

00:07after the bus rear-ended a lorry at kilometre 43 southbound on the Elite Highway around

00:138am on Saturday.

00:16Nilai Police Chief Superintendent Abdul Malik Hasim said the 46-year-old driver was transporting

00:2320 Chinese nationals and a local interpreter from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore when the crash

00:28occurred.

00:30The 51-year-old lorry driver was heading from Shah Alam to Senawang.

00:35According to Operations Commander Senior Fire Officer Wan Azmi Hamid, the injured included

00:41the interpreter and three Chinese tourists in their 40s, while other passengers were

00:46unharmed.

00:47The bus driver is being treated for severe internal injuries at Putrajaya Hospital, while

00:52the injured passengers and lorry driver were sent to Putrajaya, Cyberjaya and Tuankuja

00:58Afar Seremban hospitals.

01:00The case is under investigation under Section 43, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act

01:061987.

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