The double-decker express bus which was involved in the accident at Km363, Jalan Baru Raub-Bentong in Raub, Pahang, yesterday.
In the 5.40am incident, the bus was travelling from Kota Baru to Klang, Selangor.
Raub police chief Superintendent Wan Mohd Shamsudin Wan Osman said the bus left Kota Baru at 12.30am with 42 passengers, including the driver and co-driver.
Shamsudin said the bus was about 500m from the Raub-Bentong road when the incident occurred.
Fortunately, there was no oncoming traffic.
"The bus was new. It had only been operating for about a month with much of the plastic cover still intact.
"We believe that the 46-year-old bus driver may have dozed off at the wheel.
"We have recorded his statement and taken his urine sample which tested negative for drugs."
Eight passengers were sent to Raub Hospital.
However, only two were warded while the rest were given outpatient treatment.
"A male passenger, in his 40s, has been warded at Raub Hospital for a broken rib and head injuries, while a female passenger, in her 30s, was transferred to Sultan Ahmad Shah Hospital in Temerloh for stomach injuries."
In Ipoh, the bus accident that occurred at Km15 of the Simpang Pulai-Kampung Raja road last Monday, has claimed another life, bringing the total number of deaths to 28.
Darunee Songserm, 59, who sustained critical head and chest injuries in the accident, succumbed to her injuries yesterday at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital.
Ipoh traffic chief Deputy Superintendent Mohd Rodzi Rejab said Darunee died at 2.30pm without regaining consciousness.
Two other victims, Somchai Polanan, 63, and Achara Wiwat, 36, were still warded at the ICU, while another two -- Chirarot Bunthichinwiwatn, 43, and Thanvarat Poolsaeng, 36, -- were being treated in the hospital's normal wards.
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