KUALA LUMPUR: Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) will give its full cooperation to the authorities tasked to probe the LRT collision involving two trains on the Kelana Jaya Light Rail Transit (LRT) line last night.
Prasarana gave its commitment to work closely with the Investigating Committee headed by the Transport Ministry secretary-general Datuk Isham Ishak as well as agencies under its purview.
"We will also cooperate with the police investigating the incident under Section 201 of the Land Transport Act 2010," it said in a statement today.
Separately, Prasarana chairman Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman expressed regret and sadness over the 8.33pm incident which saw 64 people still being treated at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
He announced three forms of financial assistance that would be extended to the passengers affected.
"A special monetary assistance of RM1,000 will be given to all passengers. There will also be financial assistance to bear their medical costs, follow up treatment and others deemed appropriate with the injuries sustained.
"Those who lost their income due to this incident will also be aided with a cost of living assistance," he said.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and Prasarana workforce, Tajuddin apologised to all Malaysians and passengers for the incident.
"We are very sad as this has marred LRT Kelana Jaya's clean record of operating for 23 years without any incidents.
"Apart from giving our full cooperation and being transparent to the committee and the police, our main focus is to conduct assessments and to recommend quick proactive steps to give support and assistance to the passengers involved," he said.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong had yesterday said a thorough probe would be conducted by a task force to find the cause of the incident, which he described as the first in the 23 years of LRT's operations.
He said they are expected to receive a preliminary report on it today from the Land Public Transport Agency.
The task force will submit another report in two weeks to identify the cause of the incident which saw the trains, one travelling at 20 kph and another at 40kph, when they crashed.
Wee said the report will tell whether it was due to miscommunication, signal or human error.