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May 24, 2021 09:01 PM EDT
(Photo : Getty Images/Ulet Ifansasti) KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - MAY 08: People line up to enter the train station as they travel back to their hometowns to vote, as an advertising screen shows Malaysia s Prime Minister Najib Razak at KLIA central ahead of the 14th general election on May 8, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia s general election is set to take place on May 9 and recent poll suggests Prime Minister Najib Razak could retain power with a parliamentary majority, despite losing the the popular vote.
Two trains collided in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, resulting in over 200 people injured. The accident transpired at 8:45 p.m. local time. One of the trains was traveling on a test run and had only one driver when it collided with a train carrying passengers.
The Straits Times
Probe launched into Malaysian LRT crash as passengers recall being flung off their seats
Injured passengers lying on stretchers outside KLCC station after an accident involving two LRT trains in Kuala Lumpur on May 24, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
Rescue personnel tending to an injured passenger outside KLCC station after an accident involving two LRT trains in Kuala Lumpur on May 24, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
An injured passenger talking over his mobile phone outside KLCC station after an accident involving two LRT trains in Kuala Lumpur on May 24, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
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There were no passengers on the train that had been heading in the wrong direction, he added.
Train driver failed to follow correct orientation
In elaborating on the investigations carried by Malaysia s Land Public Transport Agency, Wee said that the driver of the empty train, also known as train 40, had failed to follow the correct orientation.
The train was initially being driven automatically in a southbound direction, from Kampung Baru station towards Dang Wangi station, during a test.
However, a technical issue meant that the train had to be driven manually, with the driver subsequently taking the train in a northbound direction.