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Free Malaysia Today
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Free Malaysia Today
Collision with tow truck near Tapah marks 3rd bus crash this week
Firefighters extricating the bus driver from the wreckage of the double-decker bus early this morning. (JBPM pic) PETALING JAYA : A double-decker bus carrying passengers collided into the rear of a tow truck at KM311.4 of the North-South Expressway near Tapah today, marking the third reported incident of a bus crash this week. Perak fire and rescue department assistant operations director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said they received a distress call on the incident at 1.28am. 'The nine passengers were not injured,' Utusan Malaysia reported him as saying. He added that the tow truck driver and his passenger were also uninjured. 'Firefighters successfully extricated the bus driver, who suffered injuries to his right leg,' he said. On Monday, a bus crash on the Gerik-Jeli East West Highway killed 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris students, triggering reactions nationwide from both the public and government on road safety. The next day, an express bus carrying 28 passengers including 13 students from Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah rammed into the back of a trailer on KM161.6 of the East Coast Expressway. No injuries were reported.
New Straits Times
30-04-2025
- Health
- New Straits Times
Remembered as the tiny girl who attended Year 1 in a motorised chair, Zurin Hazlien dies at age 21
KUANTAN: Zurin Hazlien Abd Halim captured the nation's attention more than a decade ago when she used a custom motorised chair to attend school. She died today at age 21. She died at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital here about 5am, believed to be due to heart disease. Her father, Abd Halim Sulaiman, 48, said Zurin Hazlien had been warded at the hospital since Monday after falling sick last week. "She became unwell last week, so we took her to a clinic. The doctor referred her to Pekan Hospital. She was later transferred to Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital for further treatment. "During treatment, she complained of chest pain, but she was still able to speak and eat. "The doctors said her heart vessels were blocked. But because they were very small, surgery was not an option. So she was treated with medication," he said when contacted today. Abd Halim said Zurin Hazlien apologised to him before he left the hospital yesterday. "When I visited her, she talked about wanting to rest at home. "My wife, Zurinah Tabingin, and I have accepted her death." He said his daughter would be buried at the Kampung Sungai Miang Muslim cemetery after funeral prayers at Masjid Sungai Miang. In 2011, Zurin Hazlien made headlines when she enrolled in Year One at SK Sungai Miang standing at only 60cm tall. She could not use the school furniture and relied on a custom motorised chair designed by Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah. Her brother, Mohd Zulhanif, enrolled at the same school in 2007. He also has dwarfism and was only 72cm tall at the time. In 2023, the siblings said they wanted to be independent and aimed to take up short courses to secure stable jobs to support their family.
