At least 19 people have died after a bus overturned in Malaysia.
The bus driver and 18 passengers were killed in the crash in Bukit Gantang, about 125 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. Ten others were hospitalised.
The crash happened before dawn on the North-South Expressway, which runs the entire length of the country from the Thai border in the north to the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula.
National news agency Bernama said the private transport company bus was going downhill when it hit the curb and careened 20 yards off the road before flipping over and falling into a 20-feet-deep ditch.
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A fire department spokesman said there were no skid marks on the road, indicating the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
AP