00:00Details are emerging about the deadly bus crash near Garrick that claimed 15 lives as survivors
00:07shared their harrowing accounts of the final moments before tragedy struck. 22-year-old
00:13Noor Erdina Huri, an early childhood education student at University Pendidikan Sultan Idris
00:19Upsi, says she noticed warning signs before the crash. The injured survivor said she
00:26smelt something burning in the moments before the accident. She also recalled the bus speeding
00:32and swerving erratically while going down a hill. Another survivor, 21-year-old Aliyah
00:38Mysara Azizani, said there was a frightening descent near Jelly, where the bus suddenly
00:43accelerated and hit a pothole, nearly veering off the road. The driver slowed down briefly,
00:49then suddenly sped up again. Moments later, she watched as the bus took a sharp turn,
00:55veered left, and crashed into the road divider. Speaking from the Garrick police headquarters,
01:00Aliyah said she heard other students screaming for help. Both survivors are now recovering with
01:05their families. The fatal crash occurred around 1.10am at Kilometer 53 of the East-West Highway
01:12near Tasikbanding. A total of 48 victims were accounted for, including 15 who perished. 13 died at the
01:21scene while two died at the hospital. Of the 33 injured, seven victims are in critical condition.
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