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\nTuesday, May 25, 2021
\nA metro train carrying 213 passengers collided with an empty one in a tunnel near the Petronas Towers, at about 20:45 (12:45 GMT), police said.<\/p>\n
\nTuesday, May 25, 2021
\nA metro train carrying 213 passengers collided with an empty one in a tunnel near the Petronas Towers, at about 20:45 (12:45 GMT), police said.<\/p>\n
The empty train had just been repaired, and was going in the opposite direction on the same track as the full one.<\/p>\n
District police chief Mohamad Zainal Abdullah told reporters there was no sign of foul play.<\/p>\n
“We are still investigating the incident… but we suspect that perhaps there was a miscommunication from the trains’ operation control centre,” he said.<\/p>\n
Of the 213 injured, 47 people are in a serious condition while the other 166 have sustained minor injuries, he added.<\/p>\n
Images and footage posted on social media in the hours after the incident showed bleeding passengers lying on the floor of the train carriage, which was covered in broken glass.<\/p>\n
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(Healthcare workers treating injured passengers in the train station)<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has ordered an investigation into the incident
\nIn a statement posted on Facebook, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the crash, which happened near the city’s busy KLCC station, was “serious”.<\/p>\n
He added that he had asked the train operator Prasarana Malaysia Berhad and the country’s transport minister “to conduct an in-depth probe to find out the cause of the accident”.<\/p>\n
Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said in a separate statement that the crash was the metro system’s first major accident in the 23 years it had been operating.<\/p>\n
He also pledged to conduct a full investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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