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
Rescue 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, May 24. (AP Photo)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 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.
Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong told local media that a metro train carrying 213 passengers collided with a vacant carriage on a test-run in a tunnel near the Petronas Towers, one of the world’s tallest twin towers.