The chilling cries sent shivers down chef Lim Tian Chuen's spine.
He had good reason to panic as it was uttered by a very frightened driver seated in front of him.
Mr Lim's nap on a bus journey from Genting Highlands to Singapore turned out to be anything but restful.
Some 27 passengers - including 22 Singaporeans and five Malaysians - were hurt when the bus crashed into a road divider and landed on its side on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr Lim, who was travelling with his sister and her young daughter, said he closed his eyes to nap when the bus pulled away from the resort.
But less than 10 minutes later, he was jolted awake by the sound of screaming and wailing from behind him.
The Malaysian, who was seated in the second row on the left, turned around and saw, to his horror, suitcases, backpacks and plastic bags flying off the racks on the bus.
The bus was swaying violently and children were crying, he told The New Paper at his flat last night.
Mr Lim, 27, then overheard a Singaporean man who was seated right behind the driver asking: 'Why you never step brakes?'
The driver, Mr Rajan Manan, replied 'Tak ada (Malay for 'don't have') brakes!'
Mr Lim said he froze when he heard that.
'I was shocked. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't let the other passengers know because they'd panic,' said Mr Lim.
Before he had time to react, the Singaporean told the driver to hit the central divider to stop the bus.
What ensued was a series of loud bangs and Mr Lim was flung from the left side of the bus to the right.
He landed on his sister, Madam Lim Shu Ying, 31, and her 5-year-old daughter who were seated on the right side.
The bus then fell on its right side and screeched to a stop.
All the passengers seated on the left side of the bus were thrown over to the right, he said.
His sister, Madam Lim, said in an interview with Lianhe Wanbao: 'The second the bus fell on its side, I held on tightly to my daughter.
'Luckily, we both suffered only minor injuries.'
Save passengers
Thankfully, some passers-by who witnessed the crash quickly rushed to the scene and attempted to extricate the passengers.
Rocks were used to break the back window of the bus, and Mr Lim, along with all the other passengers, quickly climbed out of the vehicle.
All of them were taken to a hospital in Kuala Lumpur soon after.
Mr Lim's left thumb was swollen along with some minor scratches on his back.
His sister and niece suffered only bruises.
But Mr Lim, who has been working in Singapore for nine years, said it'll be his last bus trip to Genting. He said: 'I will never take a bus there again. Especially not after this accident. This is why I dislike taking buses for long journeys.'
He usually takes the train home to Johor every month to visit his family.
For another family of holiday-seekers, a pleasant school holiday getaway turned into a nightmare.
Singaporean Teo Bei Yi, 13, suffered a deep gash that required at least 16 stitches on her head.
Bleeding heavily
Most of the Singaporeans were not badly hurt except for four with more serious injuries, according to a Lianhe Wanbao report yesterday.
Bei Yi's mother, cashier Madam Tan Bee Choo 45, recounted how the impact of the crash flung both her and her daughter off their single seats in the left row onto the row of seats on the right.
The impact caused Bei Yi's head to bleed when she hit a seat.
Said Madam Tan: 'She was bleeding profusely and it was terrifying. I immediately pressed a towel against her head to stop the bleeding until someone carried her off the bus.'
Madam Tan insisted on sending Bei Yi back to Singapore to receive treatment for her wounds.
Bei Yi was conveyed to KK Women's and Children's Hospital yesterday morning and received more than 16 stitches on her head.
Madam Tan herself sustained injuries on her left leg.
When The New Paper team went to the hospital yesterday at about 4pm, Bei Yi seemed shy and did not want to say much.
But the girl did not seem to be in any discomfort and smiled shyly at us.
Bei Yi and her mother declined to be interviewed.
Another 13-year-old, Nan Yi Ling, was warded at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for treatment. She has since been transferred into another hospital.
Attempts by The New Paper to reach her at the hospital were unsuccessful.
Another mother-daughter pair - a 44-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter - were taken to a hospital here yesterday morning.
It is unclear which hospital they were conveyed to.
The mother, Madam Chuah Siew Ngoh and the daughter, Miss Toh Sin Yin, an undergraduate, both suffered head injuries.
Bentong police chief Superintendent Rosli Rahman, however, gave a different account of the crash.
According to him, the bus was travelling downhill when it collided with a car, skidded to the opposite side of the road and crashed into another car before hitting the road barrier and landing on its side.
Mr Rahman said all passengers were helped out of the wreck by passers-by and rushed to the hospital, according to a New Straits Times report.
The driver blamed the incident on brake failure, according to the same report.
'I realised that there was a problem with the brakes when there was no change to the speed indicator when I applied the brakes, but by then it was too late,' he reportedly said at the hospital.
According to Lianhe Wanbao, Mr Manan shouted to the passengers after the crash: 'Leave quickly, don't worry about me!'
The 41-year-old, who has been a driver for the past 13 years, was trapped in the wreck and had to be pulled out by the Fire and Rescue Department personnel.
