(Picture: NSTP)
(White Water Rafting in Padas River)
By : Joniston Bangkuai, Roy Goh and Julia Chan
TENOM: A man and a woman in their 40s were killed and 39 others injured when a train derailed and plunged 20m into Sungai Padas in Sabah, an internationally known river for its white water rafting adventure through dense Borneo Tropical Rainforest.
The woman is believed to have drowned when she was thrown out of the carriage while the man was pinned underneath the wreckage in the river.The body of the woman was recovered almost immediately while the man's body was extricated three hours later at 6.45pm.
TENOM: A man and a woman in their 40s were killed and 39 others injured when a train derailed and plunged 20m into Sungai Padas in Sabah, an internationally known river for its white water rafting adventure through dense Borneo Tropical Rainforest.
The woman is believed to have drowned when she was thrown out of the carriage while the man was pinned underneath the wreckage in the river.The body of the woman was recovered almost immediately while the man's body was extricated three hours later at 6.45pm.
The train driver fractured his right leg, while two others -- a man and a woman -- broke their left leg and hip respectively and were warded at the district hospital. The rest of the passengers suffered minor injuries and were given outpatient treatment.
Most of the passengers onboard the old diesel locomotive were locals travelling between villages.
It was reported that the railway service will temporarily be halted to pave way for geological investigation on the current route. The eco-tourism activities would be badly effected since the train service is the only way to get to the Panggi Station (Starting Point) for daily excursion. Otherwise the tourists would have to go to Tenom via Tambunan-Keningau road (200 kM), since the newly completed Kimanis-Keningau Highway is also severely damaged by landslide.
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Read on Sabah Railway History here.
Campukak: The journey from Padas Gorge to Panggi Station by train is one of the best experience one could encounter when following a white water rafting trip downstream along Padas River. Padas River is class III-IV river (Class I-Mild, Class V and VI-Dangerous) and claimed to have the best rapids in South East Asia such as Merry-Go-Round Rapid, Break Point Rapid, Scooby Doo Rapid, Cobra Rapid,Curve Rapid, Lambada Rapid, and Head Hunter Rapid.
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