Collapsed crane: Restoration work going on at Rawang station railway tracks - KTMB

RAWANG: Restoration work to clean up the tracks at the Rawang train station, which was affected when a crane used for the construction of a multi-level car park project collapsed yesterday, is being carried out and expected to be completed within 24 hours.

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) Group chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Rani Hisham Samsudin said the restoration work involved the reinstallation of broken cables, replacement of damaged components and testing of the electricity supply to the overhead line.

"Following this incident, both tracks are not safe for use and we are still evaluating the cost of repairing the overhead line," he told a media conference at the site of the incident today.

Mohd Rani said the 5.33 pm crane collapse incident at the Kilometre (KM) 355.749 of the train tracks between Rawang and Kuang stations severed the overhead line.

"The construction crane sank at the site and tilted towards the tracks, causing the upper part of the crane, the cables and components to break and fall on the overhead line and railway track," he said.