Tour bus driver remanded over Ayer Hitam fatal crash
The remand order, effective from today until Sunday, was issued by magistrate Nurasidah A. Rahman to facilitate investigations under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. The accident claimed the lives of two Indonesian plantation workers.
The vehicle transporting the 35-year-old suspect, dressed in a black T-shirt, arrived at the court at 8.30am. He was accompanied by traffic police officers and was seen leaving about an hour later.
Yesterday, two Indonesian men, identified as Hidirman, 43, and Zulhadi, 44, died at the scene and 16 others were injured after being trapped in the wreckage when a tour bus collided with two vehicles at Km80.7 of the North-South Expressway southbound near Ayer Hitam shortly after midnight.
Ayer Hitam Fire and Rescue Station chief, Assistant Fire Superintendent Mohamad Shamin Mohamed Salikin, said the station received an emergency call at 12.44am.
"The crash involved a tour bus, a tow truck and a tanker lorry. Rescue personnel found the two men trapped inside the bus and confirmed them dead at the scene," he said in a statement.
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