At least 15 people were killed when a bus carrying university students smashed into a minivan in northern Malaysia early Monday, local rescue services said.
Thirteen victims died at the scene near the Thailand border, on the busy East-West Highway, while two died in hospital. Thirty-one others were injured.
The bus was carrying students from the Sultan Idris Education University, north of Kuala Lumpur, when it collided with the minivan at around 1 am local time on Monday.
Rescue services said a hydraulic cutter was needed to rescue and retrieve some of the victims in the bus.