1990 Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway Crash

The 1990 Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway Crash took place on 28 February 1990. 17 people were killed when the passenger bus collided with a tanker lorry, FRU riot police vehicles and 10 cars at kilometre 31 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway not far from Genting Sempah Tunnel in Gombak, Selangor. 11 FRU riot police personal were killed too. Many vehicles to and from Kuala Lumpur were trapped in a massive jams for five hours. This was the worst highway disaster in Malaysia since Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway was opened to traffic in 1979.^[1][2]

See also

• List of Royal Malaysian police officers killed in the line of duty
• List of road accidents

References

• Adopted from Kemalangan Paling Buruk di Lebuhraya - Buku Rekod Malaysia Edisi Kedua, Ghulam Jie M Khan
• Adopted from the title of 22 January year 1990 articles - Century Clips, New Straits Times 31 December 1999
• Adopted from the title of 22 January year 1990 articles - Chronicles of Malaysia (1957–2007)

1. ^ "Mohd Azhari – 15 deaths including 11 cops in memories". Utusan Malaysia. 2003-06-26. http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2003&dt=0626&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Tentera&pg=te_01.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-23. 
2. ^ "15 die in highway crash". New Straits Times. 1990-03-01. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CLsTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5609,4948&dq=karak+highway+crash&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-08-03.