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Fire and rescue personnel gather outside a shopping mall to help injured passengers at KLCC station after two trains of Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit (LRT) collided in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, May 24, 2021.
Over 200 people were wounded, including 47 suffering serious injuries, as two metro light rail trains collided in a tunnel in Malaysia s capital Kuala Lumpur on Monday, media reports said. The accident happened around 8:30 p.m. local time as an empty train collided head-on with another one carrying 232 people on the Kelana Jaya Light Rail Transit (LRT) line at an underground section near the KLCC station outside the Petronas Towers, media reports quoted Malaysian transport minister Wee Ka Siong as saying.
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Six in critical condition in aftermath of Malaysia s rail crash as human error identified as cause
A total of 47 others were seriously injured in the crash, while another 166 were lightly injured.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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Malaysian train collision injures more than 200 people
Fire and rescue personnel gather outside a shopping mall to help injured passengers at KLCC station after two trains of Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit (LRT) collided in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo) May 24, 2021 - 8:06 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) â Two light rail trains collided in a tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, injuring more than 200 people, in the first major crash for the 23-year-old metro system.
Pictures on social media after the Monday night collision showed bloodied passengers, some lying on the floor of the carriage strewn with blood and shattered glass.