00:00Police have arrested the driver of the bus involved in an accident that claimed the lives
00:06of 15 university pendidikan Sultan Idris students in Garik last Monday.
00:12Perak Police Chief Datuk Noor Hisamnordin confirmed that the 39-year-old man was arrested
00:18around 5.45pm on Thursday after being discharged from the hospital.
00:24The suspect will be brought to the Garik District Police Headquarters to assist in the investigation
00:29under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless
00:37or dangerous driving. Police are awaiting further instructions from the State Prosecution Director
00:42to determine whether the driver will be charged in court on Friday.
00:47The suspect, a local man, had been receiving treatment at Taiping Hospital after injuring
00:53his hand during the incident. The fatal crash occurred on the morning of June 9th
00:59at Kilometer 53 of the Garik Jeli East-West Highway near Tasik Banding.
01:05The bus, carrying 42 passengers, reportedly lost control and collided with an MPV carrying
01:12a family of four. The incident happened when the specially chartered tour bus was on its
01:17way from Jerte Terengganu to the UPSI campus in Tanjung Malim after the Hari Raya Aidil Adha holiday.
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