Bus With 40 Passengers Reported Fell Off Cliff Genting

[GoldenDragon]

Not sure about this case but my ah long friend once told me never to take a tour bus up to M'sia from Golden Mile. Told me many of these drivers were his customers and all drank Red Bull to keep them awake. All always lacking in sleep.

 

[Talking Donkey]

Arrived in genting at 12 noon today from spore for the baccarat tournament,
was playing baccarat and everyone was talking about it,heard many died,
guys please pray for my safe return during this ghost festival,i'm worry sick that i may not see sammyboy again.

 

[GoldenDragon]

guys please pray for my safe return during this ghost festival,i'm worry sick that i may not see sammyboy again.

No worries. You will feature in my prayers later tonight.

 

[po2wq]

... guys please pray for my safe return during this ghost festival,i'm worry sick that i may not see sammyboy again.

stay there loonger ... return nax mth ...

 

[hokkien]

Arrived in genting at 12 noon today from spore for the baccarat tournament,
was playing baccarat and everyone was talking about it,heard many died,
guys please pray for my safe return during this ghost festival,i'm worry sick that i may not see sammyboy again.

Bro have a safe trip home meanwhile best of luck

 

[Cestbon]

RIP
Wah bus with more than 40 passenger???
This type of news will deter people from visiting Genting for gambling better go MBS/Sentosa genting or cruise casino.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Arrived in genting at 12 noon today from spore for the baccarat tournament,
was playing baccarat and everyone was talking about it,heard many died,
guys please pray for my safe return during this ghost festival,i'm worry sick that i may not see sammyboy again.

dunch worry omnitofu omnitofu today 15th sia.

 

[halsey02]

Arrived in genting at 12 noon today from spore for the baccarat tournament,
was playing baccarat and everyone was talking about it,heard many died,
guys please pray for my safe return during this ghost festival,i'm worry sick that i may not see sammyboy again.

Can you leave us your Sex, Name & NRIC Number, just in case, we have to check with the hospitals??

 

[kopiuncle]

waulau you guys are really damned entertaining...wauhahaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

ornitufu to you sir for your safe return to singapore and to sammyboys.....ornitufu.....

 

[PhuaCheeBye]

waulau you guys are really damned entertaining...wauhahaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

ornitufu to you sir for your safe return to singapore and to sammyboys.....ornitufu.....

What a waste kopisai not amongst the casualties...

 

[kopiuncle]

What a waste kopisai not amongst the casualties...

namoornitufuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

What a waste kopisai not amongst the casualties...

Nabeh, you beat me to it.....

 

[eatshitndie]

hopefully, tracy tan is not on the bus.

 

[THE_CHANSTER]

This tragedy highlights how f**ked up driving in Malaysia can be. Whether on the North-South Highway or traveling up to Cameron or Genting, safety is always at the bottom of anyone's priorities.

Not the first time and sadly it will not be the last until authorities (i.e. Government) take the matter seriously.

 

[spotter542]

More punters will flock to MBS and RWS hence creating more jobs for Singaporeans :oIo:

 

[kopiuncle]

22 Aug 2013 01:03am

KUANTAN, Aug 21 — According to the Police’s preliminary investigations, the bus involved in today’s Genting Highlands disaster was out of control for about 100 metres before it plunged into a 60-metre deep ravine
3.5 kilometres from the summit of the popular hill resort.

Pahang police chief Datuk Sharifuddin Ab Ghani said the bus had first hit the side of the hill before careening off the road.

“According to information from Central Pahang Omnibus Bhd (the operator of the bus), the yellow bus with registration WGA 4136 was to carry 48 passengers as this number of tickets were sold.

“However, it was carrying more than this number of passengers,” he said when contacted by Bernama.

Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan had earlier told the media that the search and rescue operation (SAR) for victims had been called off at 9.30pm.

Of the 53 people on board, 37 people died in the tragedy including the driver while 16 others were injured. – BERNAMA

 

[KuanTi01]

They obviously did not learn any lesson from the last big accident at Cameron Highlands in which 27 Thai citizens were killed in similar circumstances.

 

[rambo22]

Likely bus has mech problm and driver also speeding

 

[WithoutYou]

Published on Aug 22, 2013

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Officials confirmed Thursday foreigners were among the 37 people killed when a bus crashed in Malaysia's worst-ever road accident, as reports said the vehicle was overloaded and had been banned from roads.

The express bus had 53 aboard when it veered off a busy and treacherous mountain road Wednesday, tumbling into a deep gully and scattering dead and injured on the mountainside.

The dead included 14 Malaysians, a Korean, one Nepalese, and a Bangladeshi-born Canadian passport-holder, said health ministry official Jeya Indran Sinnadurai. The rest were yet to be identified, he told reporters.

Sixteen survivors are in hospital, including Malaysian, Indonesian, Bangladeshi and Thai nationals. Jeya said all were expected to pull through. "All those who were critical, we have been able to turn around," he said.

Housing and Urban Wellbeing Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan was quoted as saying the vehicle's capacity was 44. "You do the math," Rahman told reporters when asked if the bus was overloaded.

The bus plied an express line bringing visitors to the Genting Highlands resort, a mountaintop gambling and entertainment park near the capital Kuala Lumpur. Leading daily The Star said the vehicle had previously been "blacklisted" by authorities, but it did not say why and AFP could not verify the claim.

Survivors said the bus's brakes appeared to fail before it swerved off the road and down a steep 70-metre (230-foot) hillside.

"It kept picking up speed and everyone was screaming in fear... There was a lorry in front and the bus driver had to swerve to avoid it and lost control," passenger Suriardi Budiarto was quoted saying by the Star.

He survived because he was flung clear of the bus. The tragedy is certain to bring new scrutiny on the notoriously steep and winding road serving the resort, which is popular with Malaysians and foreigners. The route has seen several accidents over the years.

Two Indian tourists died and 22 people were hurt when a bus overturned last year. Seventeen people died in 1996 when their bus veered off the road.

The resort's casino and amusement park draw about 20 million visitors a year. It is undergoing a major refurbishment that will include construction of a Twentieth Century Fox theme park set to open in 2016.