Driver of bus that crashed took a wrong turn, killing 11, including himself.
KLIA OCPD Asst Comm Zulkifli Adamshah said the 43-year-old driver should have taken the three o’clock exit at the roundabout near the incident, but took the 12 o’clock exit instead.
“He was supposed to take the three o’clock exit which leads to MASKargo, where the workers he was transporting were supposed to go, but he took the wrong exit.
“The accident took place about 200 metres from the roundabout. We are investigating why he took the wrong turn; whether it was a mistake or not,” he said on Monday (April 8).
The accident happened at 11.10pm on Sunday (April 7) along Jalan S8 Pekeliling, near MASKargo KL International Airport.
“The driver does not have any traffic records on his name and his licence is valid. A post-mortem is being conducted currently.
“We are looking at everything, including the state of the bus and the driver to determine the cause of the accident,” Zulkifli said.
The driver’s relative, who declined to be named, said the driver, Suresh, is survived by his wife and three children.
Except for the driver who is a local, the others killed in the accident were three Indonesian women, five Bangladeshi men and two Nepali men.
It is learnt that nine others escaped with light injuries while the rest are being treated at hospitals in Putrajaya, Serdang, Kajang and Banting.
The bus was carrying 43 passengers, all foreigners, who were MAS Kargo contract workers, from their hostel in Putra Nilai, Negri Sembilan, to their place of work when the incident occurred.
Fire and Rescue Department personnel took about an hour to reach the victims, as they had to cut through several parts of the bus.