In Kelantan, three killed in express bus-car crash in Kuala Krai (VIDEO)
A Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) of Kelantan spokesman said they received an emergency call at 11.20am before dispatching a team which reached the scene 35 minutes later.
'Upon arrival at the scene, the team found an express bus and a Perodua Myvi involved in a collision, with three victims, a man and two women, pinned in the Myvi car. Their bodies were handed over to the police,' he said in a statement today.
He said the bus driver sustained minor injuries and that the team used special equipment to extricate the victims pinned in the car. — Bernama
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