An express bus which had 32 traffic summonses, skidded, crashed into a road divider and fell on its side, killing a passenger and injuring 22 others and the driver. The accident occurred at the 383.9km North-South Expressway yesterday. [Bernama]
It’s the third fatal bus crash in two weeks.
The governmnet had vowed to tackle the frequent bus accidents since the Bukit Gantang crash in August 2007, but I don’t see much happening to be frank… buses with abundance of summonses are still allowed on the road; and people who often drive for long distance would have notice how fast the buses were rampaging on the highways.
Do something Ong Tee Kiat, while there is still chance.
Attention to KL motorcyclist using the Federal Highway… it has been brought to my attention that there are suspected malicious act of people putting nails on the motorcycle lane along the Federal Highway (near Carlsberg) each morning to ‘find’ victims with punctured tyres and charged them expensive fees to change their tyres.
A reader has alerted me that two of her staff were injured because of the accidents, and I believe there are more injury cases that went under the carpet. These dirty tactics are not something new, but has been happening for years; it’s pathetic to see people risking other’s life for some easy money.
If you have fell victim to this trap, do report to the police. They might ignore one or two cases, but they will take action if they received more cases… our police are not as lazy as some might believe, there are still good cops around. They might not be able to prevent these gimmicks from happening all together, but they could at least reduce the incident in short term.
I have written to TheStar about this, hopefully they could publish the alert on their paper. Meanwhile, do warn your motorcyclist friends about the trap, and be careful if you are a motorcyclist.
Three paratroopers, two of them women, drowned while 11 others were injured during a training session that went awry at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) 2007 exhibition here today (Dec 2). [Bernama]
Three paratroopers of the 10th Para Brigade drowned and five others were injured at about 10.30am when they parachuted into the sea off Kuala Muda after they were blown off course by strong winds when training for the opening of LIMA 2007.
My condolences to the victims’ family.
2007 has not been a good year for Malaysian soldiers; first the Nuri crash, now the paratroopers… 9 soldiers have lost their life from these 2 accidents.
The investigation report on the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Nuri helicopter which crashed in Genting Sempah in July has been released. The report indicates that the copter hit the canopy of trees thrice while flying low over the area before going down.
The investigation also found that bad weather, which had reduced visibility to less than two kilometres, and the hilly terrain in the area had also contributed to the mishap. There was no evidence pointing to any technical fault in the helicopter. [Bernama]
Termuzi Abd Aziz, father of the deceased pilot, Capt Norazlan Termuzi, said that the board of inquiry had not conducted the investigation in a comprehensive manner, claiming that the probe was only conducted at the scene of the crash without considering “other factors”.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was fast to respond that the probe was conducted professionally. [Bernama]
The report is obviously trying to load all the responsibilities to the deceased. It could be true that the pilot’s mistake could have cause the accident eventually… but as the elder Termuzi mentioned… shouldn’t we look a bit beyond that?
For example, who was giving the order for the crew to take the flight? When did the weather report come in? Did the crew know about the weather condition prior to lifting off? If they did, whose call was it to continue the flight anyway… the captain, the crew or higher ranking officers? Why were they flying so low… was they forced to because of the copter’s ability? Could the accident be avoided if they had a better chopper?
I won’t call the report a cheat, but there are lots of unattended questions. I strongly doubt that it could be regarded as a professional report.
The gruesome murder of 8-year-old Nurin Jazlin has been the talk of the town lately; the suggestion from some parties to charge her parents with negligence has been poorly responded by the public.
I am perhaps one of the rarities that agree on charging parents with negligence in various cases. I am not directing this idea in particular to Nurin’s parents, but in general sense.
Today there is a news that 4 kids are drowned in a canal near Kepala Batas. These kind of cases happen every once in a while, but never received much media and public attention. Don’t you think that these kinds of accidents could be avoided if the kids are watched more closely by their parents?
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Condolences to families of the deceased in the bus crash near Bukit Gantang on August 13.
It’s reported that the deceased driver had 13 summonses and 2 arrest warrants in his name for various traffic offences. It’s easy to blame on the driver for the accident, but fact is multiple parties should be held responsible for the crash… the bus company, PUSPAKOM, JPJ, police, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Human Resources etc.
Horrific bus accidents tend to happen in Malaysia every one or two years. Each time it happened, the government will jump out promising all countermeasures to prevent it from happening again… but it is still happening again and again and again. All those countermeasures were only empty talks, nothing much was actually done.
Don’t count on any improvements after this… chances are most people will forget about the accident a few days later; the government leaders will be among these peeps.
My condolences to the families of the 6 crew members of the Nuri helicopter who died in the crash near Genting Sempah last Friday (July 13).
I don’t have the expertise to determine if it is still safe to use the Nuri helicopters that has been in service since 1968. The fact that over 70 lives are claimed all these years in numerous Nuri’s crashes should convince most people not to board on one of these helicopters.
Our soldiers have no options though. One of the deceased members, Captain Nor Azlan Termuzi, had voiced his concerns about flying with Nuri, fearing the safety of the aging helicopters. [LKS]
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