The Sun Daily, 24 March 2014
Students from the ill-fated bus being led from the crash site. SUNPIX by ADIB RAWI
KAJANG: A 17-year-old student was killed
while three others and a teacher were seriously injured after a bus they
chartered for a school trip overturned near Hulu Langat in Selangor
today.
Chin Yeong Peng, a fifth former at SMJK Katholik near Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya, died of severe injuries in the incident.
Three of his schoolmates and a teacher have been warded at the Ampang Hospital with serious injuries.
Kajang police chief ACP Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab said Chin and the
injured were among 157 students and four teachers from the school who
had taken part in a two-day camping trip at a resort in Hulu Langat on
Sunday.
He said four school buses were chartered to ferry the students and teachers to the recreational area.
It is learned that the buses were travelling in a convoy to a
restaurant at about 1.30pm when one of them ran off the road and turned
turtle.
Abdul Rashid said there were 35 students and a teacher in the bus,
adding that most of them escaped unhurt or with minor injuries.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director of operations Mohd Sani
Harul said 15 firemen arrived at the scene to assist the injured.
He said Chin was taken in an ambulance to the Serdang Hospital where he was pronounced dead by doctors.
Police have recorded a statement from the 36-year-old bus driver.
Preliminary investigations show that brake failure led to the accident.
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