Prasarana, the operator of Rapid KL trains and buses, will be making a payment of RM1,000 to each of the 213 passengers who were injured in the LRT Kelana Jaya Line accident yesterday night.
According to Prasarana chairman Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, the bantuan khas will be offered to all individuals no matter the level of injury they suffered. “Besides that, we will also offer help to those who were hospitalised by paying for the medical bill, follow up treatment and more, from the day of hospitalisation till recovery,” he added.
“God willing, we will offer medical support to all of them, 64 of them,” he told the media in a press conference in KL today, reported by Astro Awani. He added that the total sum of the bantuan khas will depend on each case.
Tajuddin also said that Prasarana will offer assistance to those who will lose income due to the accident. “We are very concerned with the welfare of their families, those who have many children. We will assist their livelihood until they can return to work normally,” he said.
In yesterday night’s incident, an LRT Kelana Jaya train with passengers collided with an empty one that was on a test run. The accident happened at an underground section between KLCC and Kampung Baru stations. 213 passengers were injured, 47 of those seriously. Investigations are ongoing.
The LRT Kelana Jaya Line resumed operations at 6am this morning, with trains running on a single track and supported by feeder buses on the affected stretch. Prasarana says that it expects the service to recover fully in three days after cleaning and recovery work. The company is currently cataloguing and making an inventory of the belongings that were left behind in the accident last night. Affected passengers can contact the company’s crisis hotline at 014-7371330 or [email protected].
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Can sue for utter gross negligence. After 23yrs..
Only 1k? All the 230 people should team up and sue Prasarana for millions for negligence and potential deaths
sapot bro. although myself never take LRT or any public transport. that LRT driver must be Gantung kerja tanpa gaji & investigate for possible criminal act
Tidak apa la… this unexpected accident, just a few unlucky passengers. Life goes on… take care safe distancing PKP 3.0
how come the incident is not compensated properly via insurance cover? If the RM1,000 is a charity gesture, then maybe it is acceptable.
The passanger may need to properly view legal compensation (public indemnity) since there is element of human error / negligence that caused this public transport incident
Kudos to caring gahmen for taking the effort and compensating them #TakGagal
Pity to our hardworking 80% government employees Working from home to deal with this. Full credits to them… bloated 1.6 million govt staff is a myth.
Let’s not forget this incident that traumatised all passengers! Emotional injury is injury too!
betik biar betul RM1k?? i got way lesser donation.
This train mishap..either human error or technical glitch or malfunction or other unforseen reasons.
Whatever,the real cause,we are confident the authorities will leave no stone unturned in their investigations.
The victims should be thoroughly compensated and offered trauma counseling.
I appreciate the lifesaving emergency frontliners who have to brave the chaotic situation and the rampaging virus to offer aid to the injured.
Trims kasih to authorities for fast tracking vaccination efforts with real and genuine vaccines. We don’t want to be like some fools easily taken in by scams and empty promises, something they are very familiar of doing it themselves. So kudos to all including frontliners!
Those who downvote are antivaxxers, may they burn in h3ll.
Pity those who balik Raya but infected kovid to their old frail parents. Better be fast to register AstraZeneca vaccine promo price @ USD $3 only, now open to under 60. Kudos to Govt berjaya including all frontliners!
Vaccination scams have nothing to do with this LRT accident topic.
Yes it does, it highlights our authorities, volunteers, and frontliners are braving everything to deliver vaccine to everyone and yet they still get daily sh!t thrown onto them in soc med by ingrates
is definitely related… 30m Mesians x usd3 = USD90 JUTA.. Vaccine kautim 1Malaysia dergahayu sejahtera.
Those who tie vaccination scams to this topic of the LRT accident are most likely those who have been tested positive and quarantined with nothing much to do.
Wee Ka Xiong acts like a man. Step down to show your responsibility!
WKS did acted like a MAN. By getting to the scene immediately to help. The one to take responsibility & step down is Prasarana CEO.
Prasarana chairman DS Tajuddin rilek je. Prasarana terminated Muhammad Nizam as CEO & Norlia Noah named Prasaran president & CEO..
sue their as5 off.. too comfortable being a Malaysian company…
if this happen in the state, 100 new millionaires being created overnight.
Pity those who balik Raya but infected kovid to their old frail parents. Better be fast to register AstraZeneca vaccine promo price @ USD $3 only, now open to under 60. Kudos to Govt berjaya including all frontliners!
I suppose the value (of life) of LRT rider is merely 1k? Maybe or maybe not.
Nevermind, we should be syukur ada duit pampasan RM1000.00
1k is not good enough.. bur rhe best news is the removal of the non executive chairman. Thats just beautiful!!!