ROMPIN: Another teacher involved in the accident involving a bus and a trailer lorry on Jalan Kuantan-Segamat has died, taking the death toll to four.
Rompin district police chief DSP Nor Azman Yusof confirmed the death on Sunday (June 9), saying that the latest victim was identified as Dahlia Ahmad, 52.
“The victim died at 9.30pm at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) in Kuantan,” he said.
The teacher is the fourth victim of the fatal crash after 48-year-old Hasnatul Adilah Hassan, the deputy principal 1 of Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Jeram, Melaka; bus driver Hadi Asyraf Mad Idris, 29, and school operations assistant Hamzah Ahmad, 60.
The bus, carrying 39 passengers including two drivers, overturned on a roadside slope after losing control and colliding with a trailer transporting steel coils.
The passengers, mostly teachers from SK Jeram, Masjid Tanah, and their children, were on their way to Terengganu.
Ten passengers are still receiving treatment in hospital. – Bernama
