2007 Bukit Gantang bus crash

2007 Bukit Gantang bus crash

The 2007 Bukit Gantang bus crash was the worst road accident in Malaysian history. Twenty passengers of the Super Express bus were killed in the accident which took place near Bukit Berapit, Bukit Gantang, Changkat Jering, Perak. It occurred on August 13, 2007 at 4.40 am, when the bus driver, Rohizan Abu Bakar, lost control of the bus as it was going down an incline and it crashed into a ditch at the 229th kilometre of the North-South Expressway.

Bakar, 38, died, along with 19 passengers. Police disclosed that the driver had two arrest warrants and 13 summonses against him, and his driving record was a factor being investigated in trying to determine the cause of the crash.

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* [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/8/14/nation/20070814073934&sec=nation&focus=1 Bus of death]
* [http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/Frontpage/20070814074815/Article/index_html New Straits Times (Malaysia)]
* [http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news.php?id=278963 Malaysian National News Agency]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/asia/AS-GEN-Malaysia-Bus-Crash.php International Herald Tribune]

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