Gerik bus crash: Survivors recall burning smell before crash, erratic driving

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One of the injured survivors of the chartered bus crash in Gerik says she smelled something burning in the moments leading up to the accident.  Nur Irdina Huri, 22, also claimed the bus was speeding and swerved erratically while descending a hilly stretch of road.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4528wk27  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Details are emerging about the deadly bus crash near Garrick that claimed 15 lives as survivors

00:07shared their harrowing accounts of the final moments before tragedy struck. 22-year-old

00:13Noor Erdina Huri, an early childhood education student at University Pendidikan Sultan Idris

00:19Upsi, says she noticed warning signs before the crash. The injured survivor said she

00:26smelt something burning in the moments before the accident. She also recalled the bus speeding

00:32and swerving erratically while going down a hill. Another survivor, 21-year-old Aliyah

00:38Mysara Azizani, said there was a frightening descent near Jelly, where the bus suddenly

00:43accelerated and hit a pothole, nearly veering off the road. The driver slowed down briefly,

00:49then suddenly sped up again. Moments later, she watched as the bus took a sharp turn,

00:55veered left, and crashed into the road divider. Speaking from the Garrick police headquarters,

01:00Aliyah said she heard other students screaming for help. Both survivors are now recovering with

01:05their families. The fatal crash occurred around 1.10am at Kilometer 53 of the East-West Highway

01:12near Tasikbanding. A total of 48 victims were accounted for, including 15 who perished. 13 died at the

01:21scene while two died at the hospital. Of the 33 injured, seven victims are in critical condition.

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