KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia): The bus involved in the country's
deadliest accident in Genting Highlands had been blacklisted by the police
prior to the incident yesterday.
The Star
reported that checks on the Road Transport Department website revealed that the
ill-fated bus was not road-worthy although the reason was unclear.
Bentong OCPD
Superintendent Mansor Mohd Noor disclosed that the bus belonged to a Kuala
Lumpur-based company known as Genting Highlands Transport Sdn Bhd.
However, the
company could not be reached for comment.
According to
bus enthusiast website JomNaikBas, the company uses the Scania L113
single-deck bus.
Meanwhile,
The Star also reported that a Genting Malaysia Berhad spokesman said the road
heading downhill from the Chin Swee Cave Temple in Genting Highlands has been
closed after the bus crash.
The spokesman
said the uphill road to the hillside resort had been divided into two to enable
two-way traffic.
Motorists
leaving the resort area, he said, could still use the downhill road but would
have to go through the Chin Swee Temple. From there, they could rejoin the
uphill road and make their way out of the area.
The
spokesman also conveyed Genting Malaysia's deepest sympathies to the families
of the victims of the crash.
Thirty-seven
people have been confirmed dead in the crash, when a bus plunged into a 200-foot
deep ravine as it made its way down from the Genting Highlands resort in Pahang
yesterday afternoon. - August 22, 2013.
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