ATMS Club Raises RM25,000 For Families Of UPSI Students Killed In Gerik Bus Crash

TANJUNG MALIM, June 29 (Bernama) -- Support continues to pour in for the families of the 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students who were killed in the bus crash in Gerik, with the Adventure Touring Motorsports (ATMS) club contributing a donation to ease their burden.

The RM25,000 donation was handed over by ATMS president Muhammad Arashid Ramli to UPSI assistant registrar (Student Affairs) Suhaimi Zulkifli at the Sultan Azlan Shah Campus here today.

Muhammad Arashid said the donation was collected in two weeks through the joint efforts of 200 club members from the northern states of the peninsula and several private contributors.

“We came together to raise funds in the hope of easing the burden of the families affected by the tragedy,” he said when met by reporters.

Meanwhile, Suhaimi expressed his gratitude to the ATMS club for their generous donation.

“This contribution can indirectly help ease the burden of the victims’ families,” he said.

In the early morning incident on June 9, 15 UPSI students died when a bus specially rented from Jertih to return to the university’s main campus in Tanjung Malim, Perak, overturned after being involved in an accident with a Perodua Alza on the East-West Highway (JRTB), near Tasik Banding, Gerik.

The accident also resulted in 33 others being injured, including the bus driver and co-driver, as well as the driver and three passengers of the multi-purpose vehicle.

--BERNAMA