While the authorities have yet to come out with a proper statement pertaining to the cause of the incident involving two Light Rail Transit (LRT) trains last night (May 24), a passenger who was inside the train detailed his account of what happened.

*Warning: potentially graphic photos ahead

Posting updates and videos, Twitter user Lim Mahfudz, said that it felt like a nightmare had come true.

Lim tweeted that the incident happened at exactly 8.30pm on May 24.


Lim, who was on train number 40, said that the train he was in was forced to stop at the KLCC station for about 10 minutes to wait for train number 81 to depart.

Train number 81 was in front of train 40.

According to the tweets by Lim, both trains eventually departed from the station, but about 10 minutes into the journey, train 40 was forced to emergency break as train no 81 had stopped abruptly.

Train 81 was empty by the way. Initial reports suggest that train 81 was actually manually being driven at the time. (This has not been confirmed by the authorities as yet).

Blood everywhere


Lim posted that due to the impact, all passengers, even those who were seated were thrown about in the train.

The impact also resulted in injuries. Some sustained minor injuries while others were badly injured.



Lim tweeted that the impact caused the side mirrors of the train to crack and the mirrors on the door to brake. The shattering glass also injured some passengers.



Lim added that at this point, many also started panicking because there was blood everywhere.

Passengers evacuated through tunnel

Continuing with his account of what happened, Lim said that after about half an hour, passengers were allowed to exit the train by walking through the underground passage.


Once back at the station, rescue workers and officials from LRT were on standby to aid the injured.


Victims were then rushed to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for further treatment.

Dozens seriously injured

According to reports, more than 200 people were injured in the incident. A total of 47 of them sustained serious injuries.


Lim himself tweeted that he did not sustain any serious injuries from the accident.

He thanked God for saving his life.


We are happy that Lim is ok and we hope that all the victims recover soon too.

As for the incident itself, we hope that a thorough investigation is initiated. Mistakes like this cannot and should not happen.