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In a freak accident on Monday evening, a car was hit by an MRT
train after the vehicle had crashed onto an MRT track.
Following the accident which happened between the Yio Chu Kang and
Khatib Stations, northbound MRT train services in the direction of
Khatib have been suspended.
The accident was said to have happened at about 7.25pm, at a time
when MRT trains would be packed with workers on their way
home.
Police say the Mercedez Benz had veered off Lentor Avenue and
crashed through a fence separating the MRT track and the road,
before coming to a stop on the MRT track.
But the driver managed to clamber out of the car before an MRT
train headed north for Khatib hit it.
The car driver was not injured.
But the unfortunate casualty was a lorry driver who had stopped to
help him.
According to eyewitness reports, the lorry driver, on seeing the
accident, had apparently stopped his vehicle and got on the tracks
to help the car driver.
But as the MRT train approached, gravel flew off the track and hit
him, injuring him on the head.
The lorry driver's anxious family arrived shortly at the scene on
hearing about the accident.
Source: ChannelNewasia Website
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HOFS
Singapore
