KUANTAN – About 450 drivers and passengers of vehicles stranded on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway because of landslides and floods on Saturday (December 18) were rescued in stages, starting early Sunday (December 19).
A spokesman for highway concessionaire ANIH Bhd said to remove the vehicles stranded at the location, tow truck services will be used on Monday (December 20).
According to the spokesman, the all-day rescue operation that began at around 7am Sunday, was conducted only after the location could be accessed by the concession company’s employees.
She said all of them had been stationed at several areas in the highway to render relevant assistance, such as distributing food and beverages to the victims.
As of 10pm Sunday, KM76 to KM126 of the Karak-Temerloh stretch is still closed in both directions.
Source: BERNAMA
