Gerik bus crash: Bus driver arrested

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The bus driver who was involved in an accident that claimed the lives of 15 students of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Gerik, last Monday (June 9), has been arrested by the police.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3amzfex5   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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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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