Chronology of bus accident that claimed the lives of 15 UPSI students
ALL UPSI students who died
Kuala Lumpur: Earlier yesterday morning, the nation was shocked by a fatal accident involving a bus carrying 42 students of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) who were travelling from Jertih, Terengganu to Tanjung Malim, Perak early this morning.
The tragic crash involving a Perodua Alza multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) on the East-West Road (JRTB) near Tasik Banding in Gerik claimed the lives of 15 university students.
The following is the chronology of the accident:
1.10 am – The Hulu Perak Civil Defence Force (APM) District Operations Control Centre (PKOD) received an emergency call from Gerik Hospital regarding the incident.
The Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) confirmed that a bus overturned and an MPV fell into a ditch in the crash.
A total of 48 victims were involved, including 13 people who died at the scene and two people in hospital.
The bus passengers were UPSI students who were on their way from Terengganu, returning to campus in Tanjong Malim after the Hari Raya Aidiladha holiday.
9.32 am – UPSI confirmed that 42 students of the university were involved in an accident at JRTB Banun, Gerik, early Monday morning.
11.21 am – Thirteen bodies of the victims were taken to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB), Ipoh, for post-mortem.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir also confirmed that 15 UPSI students died in the accident.
12.04pm – Perak police chief Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin said the bus was carrying 42 students aged between 21 and 23, all from the East Coast.
The 40-year-old bus driver and his 54-year-old assistant were confirmed injured in the accident.
Also injured were the driver and passengers of the MPV, a married couple aged 37 and 36 and their two children aged six and three.
A total of 27 UPSI students, 23 girls and four boys, were injured while 13 bodies were sent to HRPB and two more bodies were sent to Gerik Hospital.
2.25 pm – The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has announced that it will set up a special task force to investigate the accident.
5.30 pm – The identities of six of the 15 UPSI students who died have been identified.
UPSI informed that they are Sufea Adela Maslihaizan, 21, Mohammad Aqil Taqiudin, 21, Anis Soffiyya Md Zaidi, 20, Nur Ainul Qistina Mat Ali, 21, Muhammad Adib Hazim Halim, 21, and Wan Nur Suhaila Wan Mohammad, 22.
Also dead were Fakhrul Arif Rosdi, 20, Nurul Fatihah Abu Setaman, 22, Nur Dalila Farhana Mohamad Isma, 21, Nurul Izyanti Muhamad Azahar, 21, Nur Amni Nadiah Nik Nor Zabir, 21, Muhammad Mustaqim Rosde, 21, Nor Ayuni Maslan, 21, Nurly Sahirah Azman, 23, and Fatin Nasrien Fadli, 22.
6.51 pm – The autopsy of 13 UPSI students at HRPB is completed.
8.55 pm – The convoy of the body van of the deceased UPSI students has started to leave the HRPB Forensic Department for Jertih, Terengganu.
A FATAL accident involving 15 students of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) on Jalan Raya Timur-Barat (JRTB) Banun, Gerik
