*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.
Everything happened exactly at 8.30pm pic.twitter.com/CW1gLfzVNG
— Lim Mahfudz (@LimMahfudz) May 24, 2021
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
This resulted in all seated passengers being thrown from their standing positions and standing passengers being thrown and competing with other standing passengers.
— Lim Mahfudz (@LimMahfudz) May 24, 2021
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.
The side mirrors of each door cracked and some of the other side mirrors of the door broke and causing of injured the passengers.
— Lim Mahfudz (@LimMahfudz) May 24, 2021
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.
I felt sorry for that uncle (In Black Polo Tee) because he looked badly injured and seemed to have difficulty breathing #LRT #KelanaJayaLine #TrainNo40 #FromKLCCToKampungBaru #EmergencyBreak pic.twitter.com/4U7tLS3A6J
— Lim Mahfudz (@LimMahfudz) May 24, 2021
Everyone is getting panic as the blood flows everywhere ?#LRT #KelanaJayaLine #TrainNo40 #FromKLCCToKampungBaru #EmergencyBreak pic.twitter.com/DGJg5G0UME
— Lim Mahfudz (@LimMahfudz) May 24, 2021
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.After half an hour of waiting, the Rapid Operator gave us permission to get off the train by using this underground passage ? pic.twitter.com/4K3VTSBLki
— Lim Mahfudz (@LimMahfudz) May 24, 2021
Once back at the station, rescue workers and officials from LRT were on standby to aid the injured.
At last! Rescue team is arrived ? pic.twitter.com/DRwzzBuzip
— Lim Mahfudz (@LimMahfudz) May 24, 2021
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.Kelana Jaya Line Update: Ladies and gentlemen, we regret to inform that LRT Kelana Jaya line is experiencing an incident, specifically trains number 40 and 81.
— ShahrimanHafiz (@MannJusteen) May 24, 2021
Our team is mobilising help and rescue assistance right now. Please stay calm and follow instructions.
From KJline pic.twitter.com/Dt4NHEvEDd
Lim himself tweeted that he did not sustain any serious injuries from the accident.
He thanked God for saving his life.
The whole video is taking by myself and I’m extremely alright with no problem at all. Thanks to God for saving my life. To me, this is really tragedies and I felt like a real nightmare that happen in my life!
— Lim Mahfudz (@LimMahfudz) May 24, 2021
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.