Passengers, driver hurt after express bus crashes into overhead height barrier
PETALING JAYA : Several passengers and the driver of an express bus were injured after the vehicle hit a height restriction barrier in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, last night.
Nilai fire and rescue department operations commander Azmi Hamid said the injured comprised four men and three women in their 30s to 50s, Bernama reported.
He said the department received a distress call at 10.30pm.
'The bus, carrying 19 passengers, was believed to be travelling from Kajang, in Selangor, to Melaka.
'All the injured victims received treatment in the green zone of Serdang Hospital,' he said, adding that a nine-member team conducted a rescue operation at the scene.
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