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Mara gives RM1,000 aid to UPSI bus crash victims
KUALA LUMPUR: The Mara Education Foundation (Yayasan Pelajaran Mara) has provided RM1,000 emergency aid to each Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) student involved in this morning's bush crash.
Mara chairman Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the aid was intended to ease the burden on the victims and their families
"I handed over the aid to the families of the deceased and visited those hospitalised at Gerik Hospital."
Asyraf, who represented Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, also offered prayers for the victims' and strength for their families in this difficult time.
"I was moved by the victims' condition by meeting their family members at Gerik Hospital.
"It was heartbreaking to learn that some had just arrived from Jerteh, only to be met with the devastating news of their loved ones' deaths."
Earlier today, 15 people were killed when the bus they were in collided with a multi-purpose vehicle on Jalan Jeli-Grik near Tasik Banding, Perak.
The accident involved a bus carrying UPSI students and a Perodua Alza. Thirty-three people were injured.
The Civil Defence Force (APM) said the Banun Disaster Operations Control Centre received a distress call at 1.10am.
APM personnel arrived at the scene at 2.11am to find the UPSI bus overturned and the Alza MPV severely damaged.
Several victims were rushed to Gerik Hospital.
It is understood that the bus was travelling from Jerteh at the time of the crash.
