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Gerik UPSI crash: Tour bus was travelling at almost twice the speed limit
KUALA LUMPUR: The tour bus involved in the fatal crash in Gerik that claimed the lives of 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students last month was estimated to have been travelling at 117 kilometres per hour, nearly twice the posted speed limit. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
The Ministry of Transport today stated that speed was one of the factors behind the fatal accident involving a bus carrying students from the Sultan Idris University of Education (UPSI) last month. This finding was announced through an initial report issued by the ministry's special task force, in which the bus is believed to have been driven at more than 117.6 km/h before it skidded and crashed at Kilometer 53 of the East-West Highway (Jeli-Ger…
UPSI student bus crash: Preliminary report now available on Transport Ministry website
PUTRAJAYA, July 18 — The preliminary report by the special task force on the fatal road crash involving Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students in Gerik on June 9 has been uploaded on the Transport Ministry’s (MOT) official website. It said the report was tabled at the Cabinet meeting this morning, which agreed that the preliminary findings should be made public. “In the interest of transparency in the investigation and for public int…
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