Eileen
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 @ <
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Cameron Highlands Worst Tragic Accident
Seems like a coincidence, me and my family also went to Cameron Highlands during the December holidays. But my family went the day before the tragic accident took place. I was horrified by this news when the next day after my family were safety back to my grandma's house, my aunt told and gave us this news in the picture shown. The horrifying part was the accident took place at the spot, where my aunt drove us back home. I still remembered when my aunt drove us back was around 6.30pm. As it was nearing 7.30pm, we were still in the mountain. It took us to reach the nearest village at 8pm. At 7.30pm, it was quite scary as the sky was very dark and there were no lights/lamps to guide the drivers along. My grandma was scared until she kept looking at the road hard and even prayed for our safety. My aunt, who was driving us, was very conscious and careful where she was driving. Deep inside, she was also very terrified because it was very dark, and we could not see the other side where the cars were heading towards us. Moreover, the mountain roads were quite curvy and narrow.
It was really saddening to see that 27 people died in the accident, 22 died on the spot and 5 died in the hospital. Those 22 people who died on the spot, I believed the crash was really fatal and severe. The crash was so fatal until the upper deck of the double decker coach was actually shelved off! I actually saw the coach 2 days later, when it was bought back to Ipoh, with the upper deck shelved off. It was really a gruesome sight. I heard that there were brains seen and blood flowing. When the 27 passengers were about to leave Cameron Highlands, they actually saw black crows flying around; a bad omen that something really bad would happen to them later. 3 of the people died actually died at a very young age. To think they came all the way from Thailand to enjoy a relaxing holiday, they never expect this is where their lives would end.
I hope there will be no more tragic accidents happening in highlands places. This tragic accident is known to be Malaysia's worst accident so far that has taken place. A very saddening news, especially to the victims.
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