Wait your turn to make statements, cops tell driver in Gerik crash
Perak police chief Noor Hisam Nordin said police have so far recorded the statements of 18 witnesses, including UPSI students involved in the accident.
PETALING JAYA : Police have advised the bus driver involved in the crash on the East-West Highway in Gerik which claimed 15 lives two days ago not to make any statements to any party until asked by the police.
Perak police chief Noor Hisam Nordin said this was to prevent interference with the police investigation.
He said the 39-year-old driver is being treated at Taiping Hospital.
'The bus driver's (premature) statements could raise various other speculations. Although this country allows freedom of speech, I want him to be patient until it is his turn to give a statement,' Bernama reported him as saying at the Perak police headquarters today.
The Monday incident involved a chartered bus carrying Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students from Jertih, Terengganu to their campus in Tanjung Malim, Perak.
The bus overturned at KM53 of the highway near Tasik Banding, Gerik, killing 15 students.
The crash also left 33 others injured, including the bus driver, his assistant and three passengers of the Perodua Alza involved in the collision.
Noor Hisam said police would record the driver's statement once the hospital allowed them to do so.
He said the police had so far recorded the statements of 18 witnesses, including UPSI students involved in the accident.
'We are conducting a detailed investigation which also involves several agencies, including the Perak chemical department, road transport department and Puspakom, to determine the exact cause of the accident,' he said.
Noor Hisam also said a dashboard camera video of the incident had been sent to the Bukit Aman forensic department for analysis.
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