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2 Chinese tourists killed in Malaysia bus crash
- 18 Chinese nationals were on board the bus when it crashed descending from Genting Highlands on Saturday. The driver didn’t have a licence
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A tour bus carrying 21 people overturned while descending from Genting Highlands in the Malaysia’s Pahang state on Saturday morning, resulting in the deaths of two Chinese nationals on board.
The Bentong Fire and Rescue Department said the accident occurred at 11am.
The victims, later identified by police as Zhang Ping, 58, and Wang Shuhong, 49, both suffered head injuries.
“Their bodies were sent to Bentong Hospital, Pahang,” Pahang Fire and Rescue Department director Dr Wan Mohamad Zaidi Wan Isa said.
Three among the 21 passengers and driver were understood to be locals, while the other 18 were Chinese nationals: seven women and 11 men.
Earlier, a 21-second video showing the crashed bus with several emergency responders already at the scene went viral on social media.
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