Malaysian official says train crash caused by human error
May 25, 2021
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1of8Rescue personnel help injured passengers at KLCC station after two light rail trains collided in a tunnel, injuring more than 200 people in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, May 24, 2021.APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Fire 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.APShow MoreShow Less
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4of8Rescue personnel help an injured passenger at KLCC station after two light rail trains collided in a tunnel, injuring more than 200 people in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, May 24, 2021.APShow MoreShow Less
Six people were in a critical condition and over 200 injured in the head-on collision between two light rail trains (LRT) on Monday night, making it the first major crash for the 23-year-old metro system in Malaysia. According to local news reports, the collision took place in Kuala Lumpur on Monday around 8.45pm between a train on a test run with only the driver and the other carrying 213 passengers. The accident took place in a tunnel near the.
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train
on a test run, in a tunnel near the landmark Petronas Towers, one of the world’s tallest twin skyscrapers
.
“One [train]
was travelling at 20 kilometres per hour and another at around 40 kilometres per hour when the collision happened. This caused a significant jolt that threw some passengers out of their seats,” he said
.
Federal Territory Minister Annuar Musa tweeted on Tuesday that three passengers were in a critical condition and had been placed on ventilators.
More than 40 passengers suffered serious injuries and another 160 had minor injuries, he said.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin promised
a full investigation.
The empty train on the test run