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IPOH: Thirteen people, including Japanese tourists, were injured when a tour bus crashed into the rear of a trailer lorry at Km230.3 of the North-South Expressway, heading south near Taiping yesterday afternoon.
Perak fire and rescue department assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said in a statement that the victims included the local driver and tour guide, as well as 11 Japanese tourists, eight of them women.
Sabarodzi said they extricated the injured victims from the bus, provided initial treatment and transported them to Taiping Hospital.
He said the operation ended at about 4pm.