Overview
- A bus carrying Sultan Idris Education University students collided with a minivan on a northern Malaysia highway near the Thai border around 1 a.m. on June 9, killing at least 15 people and injuring 31.
- Thirteen passengers died instantly at the scene and two more succumbed to injuries after being hospitalized.
- The bus overturned and the minivan veered into a ditch, trapping some students and ejecting others as rescue crews used hydraulic tools to free victims.
- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has ordered government support for families of the victims in Perak.
- Investigators are examining possible human error or mechanical failure as the cause of the crash against the backdrop of Malaysia’s high rate of road fatalities.