Selangor fire and rescue department assistant director (Operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said they received an emergency call at about 5.25am, and fire engines from the Rawang station arrived at the scene about 25 minutes later.

He said the bus was carrying 40 passengers and two drivers, and 38 passengers had managed to exit safely, while four people were trapped inside the vehicle.

The lorry driver was also trapped inside his vehicle, he said.

Mukhlis added that during the operation to extricate a male bus passenger in his 50s, rescue teams faced difficulties as the road divider structure had pinned the victim’s legs, before the victim was successfully freed at 8.53am.

The injured were taken to Sungai Buloh Hospital for treatment.

The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) said on X that traffic was reported to be at a standstill for nearly 5km.

It added that following the accident, a contra lane was also activated.