Cargo train derails in Batu Gajah


BATU GAJAH: About 25 train carriages, including two locomotive heads, fell off the tracks near Kampung Bakap here in Perak.  

Batu Gajah OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Nasri Omar said the incident occurred on Friday at about 3.40am as the cargo train was on its way from Selangor to Ipoh to load up cement.  

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