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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sithwarrior" data-source="post: 9382" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>May their souls rest in peace...  20 Dead in Malaysia Bus AccidentAn express bus overturned Monday on Malaysia's main highway, killing 19 passengers in one of the country's worst traffic accidents, police and news reports said. The 10 other people on the bus, including the driver, were hospitalized with various injuries, said a police officer at the scene in Bukit Gantang, about 125 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. "The roof (of the bus) was totally ripped off," said the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give details to the media. National news agency Bernama reported that seven of the injured were in serious condition. The accident occurred before dawn on the North-South Expressway, which runs the length of the country from the Thai border in the north to the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula. Bernama said the bus was going downhill when it hit the curb, careened off the road and flipped over. Many passengers were flung out of the bus through the roof and others died inside when the sides of the vehicle were crushed on impact, Bernama said.  While Malaysia's notoriously bad motorists are often involved in accidents, ( I highlighted this on purpose ) bus crashes are relatively rare and such serious ones with mass casualties even more infrequent.</p></blockquote><p></p>