Human error blamed in fatal bus crash
Wednesday January 12, 2011

IPOH: An accident involving a high-decked bus that crashed on its way down from Cameron Highlands last month is due to human error and not caused by an oil spill on the road as speculated earlier.

State Infrastructure Committee chairman Datuk Ramly Zahari said police investigations showed human error was the reason for the crash which killed 28 people.

"Claims that the accident was caused by an oil spill on the road are just assumptions," he told reporters after visiting the accident site near here yesterday.

Safety measure: Ramly (right) and Perak Public Works Department director Datuk Dr Safry Kamal Ahmad inspecting a new road divider that was put up at the accident site Tuesday.

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He said although the accident was caused by human error, the state government would improve the physical condition of the road at the accident site.

"We will be asking the state government to approve another RM200,000 to enhance the safety aspect at the road which would include widening a 100m stretch," he said.

"A groove will also be built before the accident site to warn motorists to slow down," Ramly said.

He added that the works would be completed in a month.

Ramly said installing multiple warning signs and solar-powered street lamps were among the measures that had been done immediately after the bus crash. -- The Star