00:00Transport Minister Anthony Look says that the Land Public Transport Agency has issued
00:07a show-cause letter to the bus operator involved in the tragic bus crash in Garik.
00:12He said the Road Transport Department is undertaking safety inspections and audits on the bus and
00:19the company in compliance with the Road Transport Act and the Land Public Transport Act.
00:25He also said firm action will be taken once the investigation is completed.
00:31The minister also extended his condolences to the families of the 15 University Pendidikan
00:36Sultan Idris students who tragically lost their lives in a bus crash in Garik.
00:41He also vowed to implement changes to strengthen road safety policies in Malaysia.
00:47Earlier on Monday, 15 students were killed in the accident along the East-West Highway
00:51in Banun, Garik and 27 other students, the bus driver and his assistant, as well as three
00:58passengers of another multipurpose vehicle, were injured.
01:02The bus, which was carrying 42 students, overturned while the MPV, carrying four people, veered into
01:09a ditch.
01:10Preliminary investigations showed that the bus, driven by a substitute driver from another
01:15bus company, collided with the MPV before overturning.
01:20The bus is also believed to have been speeding, based on victims' accounts.
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