Nilai: An express bus driver was seriously hurt while 20 passengers escaped with minor injuries following a collision with a lorry at Kilometre 43, southbound, on the Elite Highway at 8 am today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Nilai police chief Supt Abdul Malik Hasim stated that preliminary investigations revealed that the bus, driven by a 46-year-old man, was transporting 20 Chinese nationals and a local interpreter from Kuala Lumpur heading towards Singapore. The accident occurred when the bus suddenly rear-ended a lorry traveling in the left lane. The lorry was driven by a 51-year-old man who was en route from Shah Alam to Senawang.

Supt Abdul Malik further reported that the bus driver, who sustained severe internal injuries, is currently receiving treatment at the Putrajaya Hospital. Meanwhile, the bus passengers and the lorry driver, who all suffered minor injuries, were treated at the Putrajaya Hospital, Cyberjaya Hospital, and the Tuanku Ja’afar Seremban Hospital.

The incident is being investigated under Section 43(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.