20 Passengers Beat Death Near Gurun Thanks To 39-Year-Old Driver's Excellent Skills

Twenty people cheated death in an express bus accident, thanks to the excellent driving skills of the driver. Although he was unable to prevent the bus from veering to the left and crashing through the side railing after a tyre burst, Lazzuan Ishak managed to avoid hitting some teak trees beside the road before the vehicle landed in a ditch.

In the 6am incident, the front left tyre of the bus burst, causing the bus to skid and crash into the divider on the left, before it came to a halt near an oil palm plantation. Bus driver Lazzuan Ishak, 39, said a passenger who was seated in the front sustained injuries on the face, upon knocking against the windscreen.

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"The bus crashed through the side railing but I managed to prevent it from hitting a few big trees and it rolled down the slope beside the expressway," Lazzuan, who is from Kuala Kedah, said when met at the scene of the accident here.

He said he immediately checked on the condition of the passengers after the bus came to a halt in a ditch some 30m from the road and found that only one female passenger had sustained light injuries on her face.

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Lazzuan, who has 10 years of experience driving express buses, said they had started the journey from Kuantan in Pahang at 9pm on Friday and were due to stop in Alor Setar before continuing onwards to Kangar.

Kuala Muda district police chief Asst Comm Khalil Arifin said the accident occurred due to a punctured tyre but added that police would carry out further investigations under Section 42 (3) Road Transport Act 1987.