15 Malaysian university students killed in bus crash near Thailand border
Fifteen people, including teachers and university students, were killed in a predawn crash on Monday between a car and a university bus along
Malaysia 's notoriously dangerous East-West Highway.
In the deadliest road accident to strike the country in several years, 13 people were killed at the scene, while two others died in hospital, according to Malaysia's Civil Defence Force (APM). Thirty-one others were injured.
The crash occurred around 1.10am along a remote stretch of the jungle-lined road. Emergency responders found the bus from Sultan Idris Education University overturned, with the mangled car nearby.
'Several injured victims were rushed to Gerik Hospital. Among them were those with broken arms, broken legs and minor injuries,' APM said.
The bus after it collided with a minivan in Gerik-Jeli, in Malaysia's Perak state. Photo: Perak's Fire and Rescue Department/AFP
The bus was travelling from Jerteh, in Terengganu on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, back to its main campus in Tanjung Malim, an hour north of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
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