A WOMAN was killed while nine others were injured after the tour bus they were travelling in crashed at Km375 of the East Coast Highway 2, near Ajil, Bukit Besi, Dungun early today.

The Terengganu Fire and Rescue Department said it received a distress call at 5.16am and rushed to the scene.

The department said the driver of the bus, carrying 30 passengers, had lost control of the vehicle before veering into the opposite lane.

“The injured passengers were sent to a nearby hospital with an EMRS machine and an ambulance while the woman’s remains were handed over to the police,” it said.

Dungun district police chief Supt Baharuddin Abdullah confirmed the incident. – Bernama, May 19, 2023.