1990 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway crash explained
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The 1990 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway crash was a highway pile-up took place in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia on 28 February 1990. About 17 people were killed when the passenger bus collided with a tanker lorry, FRU riot police vehicles, a lorry, two taxis and six cars at kilometre 30.9 of the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway about 5 km from Genting Sempah Tunnel at Selangor–Pahang border. 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] [3]
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- 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)
- News: Utusan Malaysia. Mohd Azhari – 15 deaths including 11 cops in memories. 2003-06-26. 2009-03-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617030637/http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2003&dt=0626&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Tentera&pg=te_01.htm. 2011-06-17. dead.
- News: New Straits Times. 15 die in highway crash. 1990-03-01. 2010-08-03.
- News: Utusan Malaysia. Nahas terburuk KL-Karak. 2012-03-17. 2013-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319091318/http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0317&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_aa.htm. 2012-03-19. dead.
