Dashcam footage captures a bus transporting kindergarten children crashing in Serdang.

Dashcam footage captures a bus transporting kindergarten children crashing in Serdang.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — A teacher and three kindergarten children were injured after the bus they were travelling in lost control and crashed into a tree along Jalan Persiaran Universiti 1 in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor.‍

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — A teacher and three kindergarten children were injured after the bus they were travelling in lost control and crashed into a tree along Jalan Persiaran Universiti 1 in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor.

Serdang District Police Chief ACP Muhamad Farid Ahmad said police received a report of the incident at 12.18pm yesterday.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the bus, driven by a 44-year-old man, was travelling on a straight road when it suddenly lost control and veered left, crashing into a tree,” he said in a statement.

Dashcam footage of the crash — involving five teachers and 30 children — has since gone viral on social media.

Muhamad Farid said the three children and the teacher, who sustained head injuries, received outpatient treatment at Serdang Hospital.

He added that the bus driver has been detained, and a remand application will be filed tomorrow to assist investigations under Section 42 of the Road Transport Act 1987.

Members of the public with information on the incident are urged to contact the Serdang District Police Headquarters at 03-80742222 or the nearest police station. — Bernama

The bus carrying kindergarten children came to a halt after crashing into a tree along Jalan Persiaran Universiti 1 in UPM, Selangor. — Photo courtesy of PDRM

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