KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 -- Three people were injured, including one with a broken leg, after an express bus heading to Cameron Highlands skidded off the road near Dewan MRA, Pos Slim, Jalan Simpang Pulai, this morning.

In a statement, Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant operations director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the department was alerted to the incident at 5.30am.

A team of nine firefighters from the Simpang Pulai Fire and Rescue Station arrived to find the bus, carrying 23 Singaporean passengers, had veered onto the roadside.

"The driver sustained a broken leg and was pulled from the bus by bystanders, while two passengers suffered minor injuries," he said.

He added that the injured were handed over to the Health Mini...