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| Malaysia has the highest rate of traffic accident fatalities in Southeast Asia [Reuters] |
A double-decker bus carrying Thai tourists overturned on a Malaysian highway on Monday, killing 28 people on their way back from a hill resort in the country's worst road accident in years.
The tourists were heading to Kuala Lumpur after a weekend trip to the popular Cameron Highlands in central Malaysia when their bus spun out of control and crashed into a protective barrier, a district police official said.
The bus then flipped over and landed beside a rocky slope, he said.
Photographs of the site showed the wrecked bus in a shallow ditch, with its tyres and passengers' belongings scattered around. Bodies covered with black sheets were placed beside the road.
The accident may have been caused by speeding or brake failure, the official said.
Fatal crash
Rescuers recovered 22 bodies, and another six people died after being taken to a hospital, he said. About a dozen other passengers were injured.
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