1990 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway crash

The 1990 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway crash was a highway pile-up took place in Gombak, 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]

1990 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway Crash
Details
Date28 February 1990
LocationMalaysia
Statistics
Deaths17

See also
  • List of Royal Malaysian police officers killed in the line of duty
  • List of road accidents

References
  • 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)
  1. "Mohd Azhari – 15 deaths including 11 cops in memories". Utusan Malaysia. 2003-06-26. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  2. "15 die in highway crash". New Straits Times. 1990-03-01. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  3. "Nahas terburuk KL-Karak". Utusan Malaysia. 2012-03-17. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
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