IPOH, June 9 -- At least 15 people were killed in an accident involving a bus carrying students from Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) and a Perodua Alza multi-purpose vehicle on the East-West Highway in Banun, Gerik this morning.

The Hulu Perak operations control centre of the Civil Defence Force (APM) received an emergency call from Gerik Hospital regarding the collision at 1.10 am, national news agency Bernama reported.

The APM confirmed in a statement that 48 people were involved in the crash, with 13 pronounced dead at the scene.

Two more were reported to have died in the hospital.

Four others sustained injuries.

The bus was reported to have been travelling from Jertih in Terengganu, to Tanjung Malim in Perak.

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