KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Ten passengers died while two others were injured in a coach accident at midnight on Saturday in Malaysia's northwest city of Ipoh, Malaysian national media Bernama reported on Saturday.

The report said that a double-decker express coach skidded and hit a road divider at one o'clock in the morning at 272.8 km North-South Highway, the main road linking northern and southern ends of the Peninsular Malaysia.