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April 14, 2007

TRAGEDY STRIKES HOLIDAYMAKERS

Tour bus crash on Malaysian highway kills Singaporean

By Reme Ahmad in Kuala Lumpur & Teh Joo Lin in Singapore

SURVIVOR: Singaporean Koh Hui Yap, 40, who broke her leg, was rushed to a hospital right after the accident. Last night, with her leg in a cast, she returned to Singapore with other survivors on another coach.

DEAD: Madam Tay suffered head injuries. Her two sisters were unhurt.

A HOLIDAY in the hills for a group of Singaporeans was tragically cut short when one of them died in a bus accident in Malaysia.

In an early-morning crash near the Batang Berjuntai exit of the North South Expressway, an hour's drive from Kuala Lumpur, their bus was rammed into by a container lorry which crossed from the other side of the highway.

Madam Tay Sok Hoon, 52, a mother of three, is believed to have died at the scene from head injuries.

Her two younger sisters, who were also on the bus, escaped unscathed.

But a second Singaporean woman, identified as Madam Koh Hui Yap, 40, broke her leg in the accident, said Malaysian police. The 45-year-old Malaysian driver of the luxury coach, which was carrying 18 passengers, was also seriously injured.

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