{
  "id": 17043980,
  "title": "5 hours to travel 6km amid Bangsar traffic chaos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/5-hours-to-travel-6km-amid-bangsar-traffic-chaos",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T09:44:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1566287/5-hours-travel-6km-amid-bangsar-traffic-chaos"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Yesterday, motorists faced severe traffic congestion in Lembah Pantai, Bangsar, and Kampung Kerinchi, Malaysia, due to heavy rain and fallen trees. Social media posts revealed that some drivers spent nearly five hours navigating slow-moving traffic, even though their residences were merely a few kilometers away from their destinations.\n\nOne user, @lyslysa, reported enduring nearly five hours of slow-moving traffic while traveling from Bangsar South or Kampung Kerinchi to SK Bangsar and back to Pantai Hillpark. The journey, covering an estimated 5km to 6km, was plagued by the heavy traffic.\n\nAnother user, @ninakhairol, shared a similar experience of being stuck in heavy traffic for three hours after picking up her young child from a childcare center at 5:40 pm. She finally arrived home around three hours later.\n\nEarlier reports indicated that a fallen tree on the Kerinchi Link highway, stretching from Bangsar to Bukit Damansara, was responsible for the traffic congestion around 5:10 pm yesterday. Additionally, five incidents involving fallen trees were reported in Puchong, Selayang, and Rawang, Selangor, following adverse weather conditions in the Klang Valley that evening.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Motorists were caught in severe traffic congestion for hours in Lembah Pantai, Bangsar and Kampung Kerinchi yesterday following heavy rain and fallen trees.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}