SEPANG: Ten people were killed and 34 others injured when the bus they were travelling in skidded and crashed into a 10-metre-deep storm drain along Jalan S8 Pekeliling, near the MAS Cargo Complex, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here, last night.
The bus driver, as well as eight passengers – all believed to be foreign workers – died at the scene in the 11.10pm accident.
A tenth victim – also believed to be a foreigner – died while receiving treatment at the Serdang Hospital.
The bus was carrying 43 passengers – all contract workers at MAS’s Cargo Complex – from Nilai, Negri Sembilan to their place of work when the bus driver lost control of the vehicle.
“All the workers involved were supposed to clock in for the 12 midnight shift.
“Thirty-four other workers with various injuries were sent to hospitals in Serdang, Putrajaya, Banting and Kajang for treatment.
“The cause of the incident is being investigated under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987,” said KLIA district police chief Assistant Commissioner Zulkifli Adamshah.
Zone Five (South Selangor) Fire and Rescue Department Chief Mohd Fadhil Salleh said they received an emergency call on the incident at 11.16pm.
“Upon arriving, we secured the site of the accident and stabilised the bus, before extricating the trapped victims.
“We had to cut open several parts of the bus to reach them.
“It took us about an hour to complete the operation,” he added.
Zulkifli told reporters at the accident site that personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department, the Civil Defence Force, the Health Department and auxiliary police from the MAS Cargo Complex participated in the emergency response.