Perak police chief Noor Hisam Nordin said a blood sample from the 40-year-old was collected for a toxicology analysis at Gerik Hospital yesterday.

“The sample has been sent to the chemistry department, and we are awaiting the results.

“He is currently receiving treatment at Taiping Hospital, so we will wait until he is discharged before proceeding with the remand application,” he told Bernama today.

Noor Hisam also confirmed that the 13 bodies which had undergone post-mortems at the forensic department of Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh yesterday arrived at Masjid Hadhari, Jertih, Terengganu, at around 3am today.

Preliminary police investigations found that the crash occurred when the students’ bus collided with the rear of a Perodua Alza, which caused the bus to overturn.

Noor Hisam said the bus was carrying 42 students from the east coast, aged between 21 and 23.

He said the Kedah-registered bus, chartered by the students, departed from Jertih at 9pm on Sunday. It had been headed for their campus in Tanjung Malim, Perak.

The accident occurred at KM53 of the East-West Highway, near Tasik Banding in Gerik.