IPOH, June 12 — The driver of the bus in Monday’s crash, which killed 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students in Gerik, was arrested today.
Perak police chief Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin said the 39-year-old man was arrested at 6pm after he was discharged from Taiping Hospital, where he was being treated for injuries sustained in the crash.
“The man will be taken to the Gerik police headquarters, and we have received instructions from the AGC (Attorney-General’s Chambers) for him to be charged at the Gerik Magistrates’ Court tomorrow,” he told Bernama when contacted tonight.
The 15 UPSI students were killed when their charter bus, travelling from Jertih, Terengganu, to the university’s main campus in Tanjung Malim, Perak, overturned after colliding with a Perodua Alza.
The crash injured 33 others, including the bus driver and attendant, as well as the driver and three passengers of the MPV.
— Bernama
