1990 Karak Highway crash

The 1990 Karak Highway crash took place on 22 January, 1990. 17 people were killed when the passenger bus collided with a tanker lorry, FRU riot police vehicles and 10 cars at kilometre 32.5 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway not far from Genting Sempah Tunnel in Gombak, Selangor. 11 FRU riot police personal were killed too. Many vehicles to and from Kuala Lumpur were trapped in a massive jams for five hours. This was the worst highway disaster in Malaysia since Karak Highway was opened to traffic in 1979.

See also

* List of road accidents

References

* Adopted from "Kemalangan Paling Buruk di Lebuhraya - Buku Rekod Malaysia Edisi Kedua, Ghulam Jie M Khan"
* Adopted from "the title of 22 January year 1990 articles - Century Clips, New Straits Times 31 December 1999"
* Adopted from "the title of 22 January year 1990 articles - Chronicles of Malaysia (1957-2007)