KUALA LUMPUR: The bodies of 11 foreign victims who were involved in the factory bus accident near the MASKargo area in Sepang yesterday, have not been claimed by their next-of-kin.
KLIA district police chief ACP Zulkifli Adamshah said nine of the bodies had undergone post-mortem while two others had yet to be identified at the Serdang Hospital Forensic Medical Department.
“Seventeen people reported to be injured or in critical condition are still hospitalised with seven being treated at the Serdang Hospital, six in Putrajaya, two in Banting, one each in Kajang and Klang,” he said.
Zulkifli said the remains of bus driver S. Suresh, 43, was claimed by his next-of-kin yesterday.
Yesterday, the Road Transport Department (JPJ) and the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) were instructed to conduct an investigation into the bus operator company.
In the crash, the bus, which was carrying 43 MASKargo contract workers, had plunged into a monsoon drain killing 12 people including the driver. — BERNAMA