Police have yet to identify six victims of the 37 dead bodies pulled out of the bus wreckage here.
Bentong OCPD Supt Mohd Mansor Mohd Nor said 20 bodies, 19 Malaysians and one Indonesian, have been claimed by their families.
"As for the remaining six, we are sifting through the clothes, valuables and documents found in the ravine to match them. I call on those missing relatives in Genting to come forward to assist in investigations," he said.
Of the dead, 22 were males and eight were females.
Of the bodies that have been identified, three of them were foreigners: a Bangladeshi, a Nepalese and a Korean.
Of the 14 Malaysians identified, two were Malays, 11 Chinese and one was Punjabi.
Dr Jeyaindran said six families, all Malaysians, had already claimed the bodies of their loved ones.
He advised the beneficiaries to come to HKL and bring personal documents to claim the bodies.
"All those who had been brought out of the bus alive, are still alive and in stable condition.
"There have not been any more deaths,"he said.
At the scene of the bus crash along KM3.5, a large tractor has been brought on site to hoist up the wreckage from the ravine.
Puspakom officials are also carrying on site investigations to ascertain what could have caused the crash.
It is expected that the wreckage will be taken to the Bentong police headquarters for further investigations.
When asked if police have spoken to the surviving victims from the crash, Supt Mohd Mansor said they would wait a few more days.
"Many are still recovering and are not in the right frame of mind to present their accounts yet," he said.
Search continues for body parts, belongings of crash victims
Search and rescue personnel were today still combing the slopes of a ravine for body parts and belongings of the victims of the bus tragedy that killed 37 people on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, personnel deployed in the operations had recovered two severed legs scattered around the site where the ill-fated bus, carrying 53 people, had crashed in what is the worst road accident in the nation's history.
The limbs have yet to be traced to the victims as many bodies had been mangled, some beyond recognition.
About 160 policemen, including VAT 69 commandos and General Operations Force personnel, were also combing the area to recover victims' belongings.
Post mortems on the 37 victims conducted at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital found that they all died from multiple injuries due to the impact of the crash.
Only 16 passengers, including nine foreigners, survived and are being treated at the Kuala Lumpur, Sungai Buloh, Selayang and Bentong hospitals.
Recounting the search and rescue operation on Wednesday immediately after the crash at 2.15pm, Genting Highlands fire department chief M. Mahendran, who was first to arrive at the scene, told reporters he heard screams of pain from the survivors.
Mahendran said the accident was the worst he had seen in his 26 years of service.
He also described the difficulties the rescuers had faced.
"We had to wait until the bus stabilised in case it plunged further down the ravine before we could start rescue works.
"When I finally climbed into the bus, I saw dead bodies on top of some of the survivors," he said.
Bentong OCPD Supt Mohd Mansor Mohd Nor stressed that the death toll remains at 37, and dismissed rumours that there were bodies that had yet to be found and that more had died in the accident.
He said that investigations performed by Puspakom, the Chemistry Department and police forensics branch were still underway at the site.
"The bus is badly damaged as it plunged off and rolled down the ravine for 60 metres before it came to a halt against a tree. Otherwise, it would have gone down another 100 metres," he said.
Two heavy-duty cranes are expected to be used to haul the wreckage of the bus out of the ravine tomorrow.
Mohd Mansor urged the families or friends of people who have been missing since Wednesday's crash to contact the Bentong district police headquarters or Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
Friday 23 August 2013
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I was watching this news on my TV. It was such a tragedy. So many lives had been just wasted. According to Health And Safety Training Peterborough drinking and driving is among the top causes of road accidents.
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