KOTA KINABALU: At least three people are dead and three more injured in an express bus accident as the balik kampung rush begins for the coming Hari Raya celebrations.
The bus with 41 people onboard, including the drivers and two assistants, crashed at the 121km of the Sandakan-Lahad Datu road in Sabah's east coast around 2.50am Thursday.
Kinabatangan district police chief Deputy Supt Martin Lugu, in confirming the accident, said the three men were killed at the scene.
However, he said police were still trying to confirm their identities and the number of people injured, who were rushed to the Kinabatangan and Lahad Datu hospitals.
“We are investigating how the accident occurred,” he added.
The bus with 41 people onboard, including the drivers and two assistants, crashed at the 121km of the Sandakan-Lahad Datu road in Sabah's east coast around 2.50am Thursday.
Kinabatangan district police chief Deputy Supt Martin Lugu, in confirming the accident, said the three men were killed at the scene.
However, he said police were still trying to confirm their identities and the number of people injured, who were rushed to the Kinabatangan and Lahad Datu hospitals.
“We are investigating how the accident occurred,” he added.
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