Injured wife of late bus driver transferred to Penang Hospital

The wife of the express bus driver involved in the tragic crash in Pagoh on Saturday, Miyarseh Kemat, was transferred to the Penang Hospital at the request of her husband's family.

Zahirah Zubir, the youngest sibling of the late bus driver, Zakeer Zubir said her family had decided to transfer her sister-in-law from the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital (HPSF) to the Penang Hospital because they do not have any relatives in Muar to monitor Miyarseh's health.

"Furthermore, both my late brother's children, namely, Nur Zafeerah, two, and Nur Cahaya Zulaikha, four, still could not understand what had happened to their parents and often go around looking for them especially early in the morning," she told Bernama.

Zahirah said her mother, Rashidah Abdul Rahim, 60, also wants to meet her daughter-in-law because she had lost her appetite for the past few days and wants to see Kak Miya, her daughter-in-law.

Zahirah, 21, said she and her eldest brother, Zameer, 35, arrived at HPSF Tuesday evening and had arranged for an ambulance to transfer their sister-in-law to Penang.

Zahirah said the condition of her sister-in-law, who had a broken left leg, 12 stitches on an eyelid and cuts and bruises on her back, was more stable.

Commenting on the payment of the medical bill incurred at HPSF, Zahirah said the bus company had promised to bear all expenses but had asked the family to settle the bill first.

Zahirah also thanked HPSF for providing a counseling specialist to reduce the trauma experienced by her sister-in-law due to the sad incident.

The whole family hope the public would stop spreading negative comments about Zakeer on the social site.

In the incident on Saturday, the express bus plunged into a 10-metre ravine and ploughed into a concrete wall of a tunnel at Kampung Jayor at Km 137.3 of the North South Expressway (northbound), Pagoh, killing 14 people including the driver and his daughter, and injuring 16 others. - Bernama