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11 Injured in Kelantan-Bound Train Derailment

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Saturday, 18 August 2012 17:47

Pix: Berita HarianPix: Berita HarianKUANTAN: Eleven passengers were injured, when two of 14 coaches of the Ekspress Wau train were derailed at Merapoh near Lipis this morning.

 

The train was heading to Tumpat, Kelantan from the federal capital when the incident occurred at 6.30am, about 11km from the Merapoh Railway Station.

Kuala Lipis police chief Supt Abdul Razak Hasan said the injured passengers were warded at the Gua Musang Hospital in Kelantan.

He said the identities of the injured had not been determined.

Abdul Razak said the derailed coaches were left at the site of the incident before the train continued its journey to Tumpat, about two hours later.

 


- Bernama


 

 

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