l2 KILED, MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE IN INJURED IN SIX-VEHICLE CRASH

REMBAU (Malaysia), Oct 11 (Bernama) -- Twelve people were killed and more
than 40 others injured in an accident involving two buses, a van and three cars
at Km223 of the North-South Highway near the Simpang Ampat toll plaza here
Sunday.

Simpang Ampat Interchange is a major interchange of the North-South
Expressway Southern Route in Malaysia.

Police said in the 6.40pm tragedy, a bus heading towards Kuala Lumpur went
out of control and flipped over to the southbound side of the highway.

He said it then was involved in collisions with a van and two cars before
slamming into the side of a National Welfare Department bus.

Another car was also later involved in the pile-up but its occupants were
unhurt.

So far the victims have yet to be identified.

The dead and injured were sent to the Tampin Hospital, Tuanku Ja'afar
Hospital in Seremban and Melaka Hospital.

The incident caused massive traffic snarls on both sides of the highway.

Rembau is a town within a district,is located in the state of Negeri
Sembilan, the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur.


-- BERNAMA