KUANTAN: Police are awaiting the post-mortem report on the fatal tour bus accident at Km126 of Jalan Kuantan-Segamat near Muadzam Shah in Rompin, which claimed the lives of four people, including two teachers, on June 9.
Pahang acting police chief Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin said the report is still being completed by the forensics team.
"Police are still in the process of finalising the investigation papers and compiling the post-mortem report. Subsequently, the report will be submitted to the Attorney-General's Chambers for further action," he told reporters during a press conference at the state police contingent.
Hisam added that the 50-year-old bus driver, who tested negative for drugs, sustained minor injuries in the accident but was not hospitalised.
"The driver sustained injuries in the accident. He was released after police recorded his statement," he said.
On June 10, Rompin police chief Deputy Superintendent Nor Azman Yusof said that the driver had not been arrested, but his urine and blood samples were taken for testing.
In the crash at 12.40am, four people, including the second bus driver, were killed. The bus, carrying 39 people, was travelling from SK Jeram in Masjid Tanah, Melaka, when it collided with a trailer at the Bahau junction before overturning on its side on a slope.
The deceased were teachers from SK Jeram; Hasnatul Adilah Hassan, 48, and Dahlia Ahmad, 52; the school's operations assistant, Hamzah Ahmad, 60; and the tour bus's second driver, Hadi Asyraf Mad Idris, 29.