Train Rams Into Oil Tanker - 9 Injured - Polidicks

[TABLE="width: 1767"] [TR] [TD][release][B]KOTA KINABALU:[/B] Nine people, including a pregnant woman, were injured when a Sabah Railway passenger train crashed into an oil tanker at a level crossing near the Kota Kinabalu International Airport yesterday. The 5.30pm collision in Jalan Kota Kinabalu-Petagas caused a loud explosion and a huge ball of fire which damaged the first carriage of the train. The train, with three carriages, was carrying 200 passengers, including office workers, women and children. It was travelling from here to Papar while the tanker was transporting fuel to a petrol station located across the railway track. The injured were sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They were identified as Asmeh Papang, 43, Lily Shafura, 29, Rahimah Rahmat, 42, Rauziah Ramli, 37, Masitah Nila (who was pregnant but whose age was not given), Sardy Latif (no age given), Norfidah Jailani, 33, Isma Ismail, 18, and Joseph Philip Kulip, 50. The tanker driver, Dauleh Dausun, 41, and locomotive driver, Ali Ramli, 54, escaped unhurt. Police are questioning them on how the collision happened. When met at the scene, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said the tanker driver was trying to drive across the track when the train reached the spot. The crossing did not have a guard or barrier to warn motorists of approaching trains. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan said the crossing was illegal and the state government would take action by closing all illegal crossings. Firefighters took more than an hour to douse the flames. Paramedics were kept busying ferrying the injured to hospital. The tanker driver said he was not aware of the passing train until it was too late. “I managed to jump out of the tanker before it hit my vehicle,” Dauleh said. A regular commuter, Razmi Jaafar, 37, from Papar, who boarded the train at Tanjung Aru at 5.25pm, said there was no warning at all. “I was sitting in the first carriage when it happened five minutes into the journey. “I was talking to my friend and suddenly we heard a loud explosion. There were flames outside the window where we were seated. “We all panicked and there were much shouting and pushing in our rush to get out.” Razmi, who escaped with a slight bump on the head, said they could not open the door or windows from the inside. [/release][/TD] [TD][release][IMG]http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Trainramsintotanker_9injured/pixgal1[/IMG] [SUB]The ablaze train on 31[/SUB][SUB][SUP]st [/SUP][/SUB][SUB]October 2011[/SUB] [/release][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][release] [B][U]Video:[/U][/B] [video=youtube;5uXxVR5e2zo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uXxVR5e2zo[/video] [video=youtube;LiC-a_PhY4I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiC-a_PhY4I[/video][/release][/TD] [TD][release][I][h2]“I was talking to my friend and suddenly we heard a loud explosion"[/h2][/I][/release] [release][I][h2]Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan said the crossing was illegal [/h2][/I][/release][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Source: [URL="http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Trainramsintotanker_9injured/Article/#ixzz1cSUftkK0"]Train rams into tanker, 9 injured[/URL]

Such a great ball of fire, yet only nine people injured? Talk about some good fortune. Hope those nine people make it out of the hospital okay.

How fucking stupid do you have to be to let your truck get hit by a train... [quote] The crossing did not have a guard or barrier to warn motorists of approaching trains. [/quote] Oh. What the hell.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;33069402]How fucking stupid do you have to be to let your truck get hit by a train... Oh. What the hell.[/QUOTE] The crossing is an illegal one which was closed but some people got smart and built their own road over it, complete with tarmac.

I thought they were talking about an oil tanker boat.

Fox News: An inferior "news source" is under fire for misleading the public. The headline read that 9 people were injured, including a pregnant women. This means that her unborn child was not counted as a 10th person. This is clear evidence of a liberal agenda promoting abortion to corrupt society.