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Another MRT accident. Do something, commuters plead
The first SMS alerting STOMP about the disruption to train services at Yishun MRT came at 7:08 am on 5 December, and the floodgates soon opened, with STOMP users deluging us with information about the case via MMS and email.
Hotel staff Redha Abdullah, 32, was at the scene hoping to board the train at about 8 am. According to Redha, there was already "a blue tent covering the body."
Shuttle bus services were provided for commuters affected by the train disruptions.
Train services resumed at about 8:20 am.
A man's body was found under the carriage wheels of an SMRT South-bound train, and the Singapore Civil Defence Force quickly arrived at the scene to extricate the body from under the train.
The police confirmed they received a call about the incident at 6:50 am informing them that a man had been hit by an MRT train in Yishun MRT station. The man was pronounced dead at 7:30 am. Police have classified the case as an un-natural death, and are in the midst of investigating the case further.
Some STOMP users expressed concern that nothing seems to have been done to prevent disruptions to train services.
Student Brenda, 18, was on her way to work, and in her MMS to STOMP, she said, "the MRT was supposed to bring convenience to people," but not in this case, as she told STOMP she, along with hordes of other commuters, ended up being late for work as a result.
Passengers had been told to disembark from the train and were confused about what to do as they were rushing to work, but Mr Latiff, a senior IT assistant, 46, told STOMP he "didn't have to wait long because shuttle buses were arranged." The SMRT seemed well-prepared as shuttle buses came along quite quickly.
Associate engineer Dino, 34, was more than an hour late for work this morning as he was one of the many commuters affected by the train service disruptions. He told STOMP he had to take four buses to get to work and added that "there were many, many people everywhere I (he) went."
Student Samuel Chen, 18, was on the way to school, and feels more should have been done. He told STOMP that there was only "one SMRT officer on board the first train that arrived at the platform, and only one officer on hand to explain things to the commuters."
A confused Samuel had to rely on the announcement monitors at the station. |
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Post time 5-12-2006 11:31 AM
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