Malaysia's worst road accident

IPOH: Three Malaysians and 24 Thai nationals were killed in the country's worst road accident when an express bus they were travelling in overturned and crashed against a rocky slope along the Simpang Pulai-Kampung Raja road.

In the 11.40am incident, about 15km from here, the bus which was carrying 37 people onboard and was coming down from Cameron Highlands, breached a concrete divider, somersaulted and crashed roofside into the rocky slope before halting on its side in a monsoon drain at the foot of the slope. (Full news here)