Selangor fire and rescue department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the deceased was the 39-year-old driver of a bonded lorry who was trapped inside his vehicle.

“The man was pronounced dead by a medical officer at the scene and his body handed over to the police for further action,” he said in a statement.

He said the injured victims comprised five bus passengers – four men and the girl – a 39-year-old lorry attendant, and the trailer driver.

They were sent to Sungai Buloh Hospital for treatment.

Mukhlis said a total of 31 individuals were involved in the incident: 16 men, five women and seven children from the express bus, two men from the bonded lorry, and one man from the trailer lorry.

He said his department received an emergency call at 5.12am, and fire engines from the Bukit Sentosa and Rawang fire and rescue stations arrived at the scene at 5.21am.

The rescue operation involved 16 firefighters, assisted by a light fire rescue tender and an emergency response motorcycle from the Bukit Sentosa station, as well as a fire rescue tender from the Rawang station.