200 hurt in Malaysia train crash

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KUALA LUMPUR, 25 May 2021, (TON): More than 200 passengers were injured in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur yesterday when two metro trains collided in a tunnel, police said. 

The accident happened just before 9:00 pm, when a packed train collided with a second that was empty and heading in the opposite direction.

Forty-seven people suffered serious injuries and 166 had minor injuries, said police official Mohamad Zainal Abdullah.

There was no sign of foul play and the accident could have been caused by miscommunication, he said.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Facebook that the crash was "serious".

"I have instructed the transport minister and (train) operator... to conduct an in-depth probe to find out the cause of the accident," he said.

Accidents are rare on the metro system that serves Kuala Lumpur.

Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said the collision was the first major accident in the metro system's 23 years of operation, and he pledged a thorough investigation.

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