6 Bangladeshis among 11 killed in Malaysia bus accident

Six Bangladeshis among 11 people were killed as a factory bus plunged into a monsoon drain along Jalan S8 Pekeliling, near MAS Kargo, Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia on Sunday.

The accident took place around 11:10pm

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Zulkifli Adamshah said ten of the victims—eight workers and a bus driver —died on the spot.
Zulkifli said preliminary investigations found that the bus was transporting 43 foreign MASKargo contract workers from their hostel in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, to their workplace when the crash occurred.

He furthered that the injured were sent to Serdang Hospital, Putrajaya Hospital, Banting Hospital, and Kajang Hospital for treatment.

The cause of the accident is still being investigated.

Fire and Rescue Department personnel took about an hour to reach the victims as they had to cut through several parts of the bus.