Thursday, September 27, 2007

Bus plunges to the sea, looking for survivors....


"Two passengers died after a bus plunged into the sea at the Stulang Laut beach near Jalan Ibrahim Sultan here.

Another nine people, including the bus driver, were injured in the 8am accident yesterday and were sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital.

Rescuers recovered the body of Esa Aman, 47, at about 8.30am, and the body of Kweh Mei Phing, 49, around 9.30am.

Johor Baru (South) traffic chief Deputy Supt Ooi Kok Siong said the bus was travelling from Johor Baru city along Jalan Lingkaran Dalam towards Stulang Laut when the driver lost control of the vehicle and plunged into the sea.

It was raining at the time of the accident.

"We will be conducting a more detailed check on the bus. We will also do checks on the records of the bus and the driver," he said.

DSP Ooi said search and rescue operations would continue as the police believed that some victims might have drifted out to sea.

"Besides, the Fire and Rescue Department, we have also enlisted the marine police to help us out," he said.

The Johor Baru Fire and Rescue Department operation commander Abdul Hamid Suhari said 19 personnel, including 10 from the scuba diving unit, are involved in the search and rescue efforts.

"The bus was lying on its side, making it hard to search for victims. We then used a crane to straighten the bus," he said.

Kweh's body was discovered after the bus was lifted by the crane, which was on loan from a nearby construction project.

At about 10.20am, another two cranes arrived to help drag out the bus from the sea. The three cranes finally lifted the bus out at about 11am." - The Star

First they skidded off the hill and now the buses go to the sea. When are we going to learn such things. If raining, drive slow. What is the use of taking such risks? When do we stop such accidents? When??

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