On the afternoon of June 9, a serious traffic accident occurred on a central route in central Kenya, killing at least 6 tourists and injuring 27 others.Speaking to reporters by phone, Mr. Abdrisack Jaldesa, Nyandarua County Commissioner, said that the bus carrying the group of tourists departing from Nakuru County to Nyahururu Thomson Falls in Laikipia County suddenly overturned and fell into a ditch in Gichaka area, 41km south of Nyahururu town. All the injured were taken to Nyahururu County General Hospital for treatment. The specific identities of the tourists have not yet been verified.According to witnesses, the driver suddenly lost control of the car while it was moving in the rain. The car veered off the road, hit a tree, and flipped over several times. Six people in the car died on the spot. Locals said they quickly arrived at the scene and rescued the survivors trapped in the car.
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Serious bus accident in Malaysia kills at least 15 university students On June 9, Malaysian authorities released initial information about a serious traffic accident in the country that killed at least 15 students from Sultan Idris University of Education (UPSI)
According to the Hulu Perak Operational Control Centre of the Civil Defence Force (APM), the agency received an emergency call from Gerik Hospital about the accident at 1:10 a.m. local time. “When we arrived at the scene, we found an overturned bus and a Perodua Alza multi-purpose vehicle (MPV),” the statement said.
Perak police chief Noor Hisam Nordin said the bus was carrying 42 UPSI students, comprising eight males and 32 females aged between 21 and 23. The bus, which was privately chartered by the students, departed from Jertih in Terengganu at 9 p.m. on June 8. It was on its way back to school in Tanjung Malim in Perak when it crashed at Km 53 on the East-West Expressway (JRTB) through Banun, Gerik in the early hours of June 9 when it collided with a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).
According to the Hulu Perak Operational Control Centre of the Civil Defence Force (APM), the agency received an emergency call from Gerik Hospital about the accident at 1:10 a.m. local time. “When we arrived at the scene, we found an overturned bus and a Perodua Alza multi-purpose vehicle (MPV),” the statement said.
Perak police chief Noor Hisam Nordin said the bus was carrying 42 UPSI students, comprising eight males and 32 females aged between 21 and 23. The bus, which was privately chartered by the students, departed from Jertih in Terengganu at 9 p.m. on June 8. It was on its way back to school in Tanjung Malim in Perak when it crashed at Km 53 on the East-West Expressway (JRTB) through Banun, Gerik in the early hours of June 9 when it collided with a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).
“Apart from Baling Hospital, other injured victims were also taken to Gerik Hospital, Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital and Taiping Hospital,” he added.
He said the police force could not release the official list of victims as the post-mortem examination was still underway. The police are conducting a detailed investigation into the accident, including technical factors, negligence and criminal records of those involved. The operation is being coordinated with the Road Transport Department (JPJ), the Motor Vehicle Inspection Centre (Puspakom), and the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS).
“The road where the accident happened has many curves and is steep (hilly)… It was dark and there were no lights, except near the Tasik Banding Lake area, but it is still too early to draw any conclusions. The bus driver was also injured and we have not been able to record his statement yet,” he said.
According to Bernama news agency, Higher Education Minister Seri Zambry Abd Kadir stressed that the ministry would provide all necessary assistance to those involved in the accident. “Further details will be updated in due course,” he said in a Facebook post on the same day.
In a separate statement, Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) chief Sayani Saidon said the bus and the Perodua Alza MPV were travelling in the same direction from Jeli, Kelantan, to Gerik just before the accident.
She said the accident caused the bus to overturn and the MPV to slide into a ditch. “Some of the victims managed to escape from the bus, some were thrown out, while others remained trapped inside the bus,” she added.
She said: “The injured victims, including those who managed to escape from the bus, were given initial treatment by the Health Ministry personnel at the scene before being taken to hospital.”