Driver in preschool bus crash to be charged today
Serdang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Muhamad Farid Ahmad said the investigation paper had been referred to the deputy public prosecutor's Office yesterday.
"Instructions have been given to charge the case under Section 42(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
"The bus driver will be charged at the Petaling Jaya Court tomorrow (today)," he said in a statement last night.
Last Friday, a tour bus driven by the 44-year-old man, carrying five accompanying teachers and 30 students, skidded and crashed into a tree at UPM.
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