Gerik bus crash: Driver arrested after hospital discharge
IPOH: Police have arrested the driver of the bus involved in the crash which claimed the lives of 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students in Gerik on Monday.
Perak police chief Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin said the 39-year-old was arrested about 5.45pm after being discharged from Taiping Hospital.
He said the man would be taken to the Gerik police headquarters to facilitate investigations under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
"We are currently awaiting further instructions from the state prosecution director on whether the bus driver can be charged in court tomorrow.
"As far as the police are concerned, we are ready," he said when contacted.
It is learnt that the man was accompanied by three policemen, believed to be from the Gerik police headquarters, when they left the hospital's compound.
It was earlier reported that the bus driver was among those injured.
Noor Hisam had said the driver sustained injuries to his hand.
On Monday, the bus, carrying 42 UPSI students, was travelling from Jertih, Terengganu, to the university's main campus when it collided with a Perodua Alza at Km53 of the East-West Highway in Gerik.
Thirteen died at the scene, while two others succumbed to their injuries in hospital.
The driver, his attendant, the other UPSI students and the family of four in the Alza all sustained injuries of varying degrees.
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