GEMAS: Some 400 passengers of the Tumpat-bound Ekspres Timuran had a narrow escape when their train hit a flood-weakened stretch of track near here, causing six of its 11 coaches and a locomotive to jump the rails.
Two of the coaches plunged into the swollen Sungai Anak Air Besi in the 5.45am incident, which disrupted all train services between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
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