At least 15 dead in Malaysia bus accident

KUALA LUMPUR — At least 15 people were killed when a bus carrying university students smashed into a minivan in northern Malaysia early Monday, local rescue services said. Thirteen victims died at the scene near the town of Gerik, on the busy East-West Highway close to the Thailand border, while two died in hospital. Thirty-three others were injured, including seven whose condition was critical, rescue services said in a revised statement. “The bus overturned and the minivan slid into a ditch,” the Perak state disaster management authority said. “Some victims managed to get out on their own, some victims were thrown out while others were still (trapped) in the bus,” the authority added. The bus was carrying students from the Sultan Idris Education University, north of Kuala Lumpur, when it collided with the minivan at around 1:00 am on Monday. Rescue services said a hydraulic cutter was needed to free six of the victims in the bus. “Four had died and two others were seriously injured,” the rescue services said. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ordered the Southeast Asian nation’s Hi

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