2010 Cameron Highlands bus crash

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| time = 11:40am

| location = near Blue Valley in the Cameron Highlands

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| location_city = Kuala Lumpur

| location_dist_km = 129.5

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| country = Malaysia

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| owner = Syarikat Bas SK Murni Tours and Travels

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| passengers = 37

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| deaths = 27

| injuries = 10

| damage = removal of front axle/tires, removal of roof

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The 2010 Cameron Highlands bus crash was, until 2013, the worst road accident in Malaysian history.{{cite news|title=Independent probe for Cameron Highlands bus crash|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/independent-probe-for-cameron-highlands-bus-crash/|accessdate=13 October 2015|work=The Malaysian Insider|agency=Edge Insider Sdn Bhd|date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194629/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/independent-probe-for-cameron-highlands-bus-crash/|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Twenty-seven passengers of the double-decked coach bus, mostly Thai tourists, were killed in the accident which took place near Cameron Highlands of the Perak-Pahang border. It occurred on 20 December 2010 at approximately 11:40 am, when the bus driver, Omar Shahidan, lost control of the bus as it was going down an incline and it crashed into a rocky slope at 150 kilometres an hour, off the Second East-West Highway.{{cite news|title=27 killed in Camerons crash |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/21/nation/7661067&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222021656/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2010%2F12%2F21%2Fnation%2F7661067&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2010 |accessdate=13 October 2015 |work=The Star Online |publisher=Star Publications Bhd |date=21 December 2010 }}

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Cameron Highlands bus crash

Cameron Highlands Bus Crash, 2010

Category:December 2010 in Malaysia

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