2010 Cameron Highlands bus crash |
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Date | 20 December 2010 (2010-12-20) 11:40am |
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Location | near Blue Valley in the Cameron Highlands 129.5 km (80.5 mi) NNW from Kuala Lumpur |
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Country | Malaysia |
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Owner | Syarikat Bas SK Murni Tours and Travels |
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Passengers | 37 |
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Deaths | 27 |
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Injured | 10 |
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Damage | removal of front axle/tires, removal of roof |
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The 2010 Cameron Highlands bus crash was, until 2013, the worst road accident in Malaysian history.[1] Twenty-seven passengers of the double-decked coach bus, mostly Thai tourists, were killed in the accident which took place near Cameron Highlands of the Perak-Pahang border. It occurred on 20 December 2010 at approximately 11:40 am, when the bus driver, Omar Shahidan, lost control of the bus as it was going down an incline and it crashed into a rocky slope at 150 kilometres an hour, off the Second East-West Highway.[2]
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