Many people were caught in the massive 10 kms or more traffic jam along the road leading to Petagas near Kota Kinabalu International Airport yesterday evening when a Sabah State Railway passenger train carrying about 200 people collided with a fuel tanker at an unmanned crossing.
Picture taken from the 2nd floor of the Kota kinabalu International Airport - published in Facebook.
A view of the locomotive with the carriage burning.
According to a report, nine people were injured who were on a routine train ride home.
The impact set off an explosion and a huge fireball that could be seen for miles.
It also caused the oil tanker to spin and the locomotive derailed.
More than nine fire-engines including two from the Airport Fire and Rescue were dispatched to control the fire. Eventually, it was brought under control just before 19:00.
This was the first major accident in seven months after the Sabah State Railway resumed it's services. It took them several years to upgrade the 134 km rail tracks and the purchase of the new diesel locomotive.
There are too many unmanned crossings along the railroad. I am not surprised if a similar accident is to occur in future if nothing is done by Sabah Authority. They must take corrective action to the danger of these unmanned crossings. I was told that there have been some minor accidents since the train services resumed. The talk in town is that the Sabah State Government is not keen to inject fund to solve the problems since Sabah State Railway has not been making money since day 1.
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The last picture freak me out. Anybody can die... Innocent children.. Soooo dangerous!
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