Tour bus gets stuck under Butterworth flyover after following navigation app

Butterworth: A tour bus carrying over 30 passengers from Johor became lodged under a flyover in Taman Bagan late last night due to following directions from a navigation application. The incident caused nearly half of the vehicle to be wedged beneath the structure, causing numerous windows to shatter and glass to scatter across the road.

Two passengers sustained minor injuries from the flying debris but were reported to be in stable condition. The driver, identified only as Razali, had been transporting the passengers to a hotel nearby for their scheduled trip to Kedah the following day. According to Razali, he had relied on the navigation app, which had provided directions along a route that did not consider the flyover's height restriction.

Razali recounted hearing a loud bang as he drove under the flyover, followed shortly by the shattered windows and scattered glass. He expressed shock at the incident, stating that it was his first time navigating through the Taman Bagan flyover using the app. He attributed his reliance on the app to poor lighting and unfamiliarity with the area, which led him to depend solely on the app's guidance.

Upon inspection at the scene, it was confirmed that the underpass had a 2.6-meter height limit sign and a warning sign indicating that the stretch was prone to accidents.