KUALA LUMPUR, 25 August – Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd – operator of the monorail services – has set up an investigation committee in regard to an incident this morning when a 2-car monorail train was hit by a bore pile crane intruded into its elevated track.

In confirming the incident, Rapid Rail’s Chief Operating Officer for Monorail Line, Tuan Haji Mohd Ariffin Idris said that a police report was lodged at Jalan Bandar Police Station.

In the incident that occurred at 12.15 am this morning, an empty 2-car train traveling from Imbi Station towards Hang Tuah Station was damaged due to an unauthorized movement of a bore pile crane of the Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC) project. The crane hit the train that was on its way back to KL Sentral Station.

The affected train was brought back to the depot through a train-coupling process, and it reached the depot in Brickfields at 3.03 am. Train driver Mohd Zafar Hamid, 52, was unhurt.

According to Haji Ariffin, a Stop Work Order (SWO) has been served on the BBCC’s contractor.