A man in his mid-30s has been arrested for attempted suicide at
Sembawang MRT Station on Friday night.
The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force said they received
a call at about 11.35 pm on Friday, informing them a man had fallen
onto the train tracks at Sembawang MRT station.
"Upon police arrival, a man in his mid-30s was conveyed to
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and subsequently
arrested for attempted suicide," said a police spokesperson.
The man, who had been hit by the train, complained of back
pain.
About 1,500 passengers were affected during the incident, said
an SMRT spokesperson.
"To maintain service on the unaffected stretches of the
North-South line during the incident, all southbound trains were
turned around at Woodlands MRT Station and
some northbound trains were turned around at Yishun MRT Station,"
she said.
Bus bridging services were also deployed to ferry passengers
from Woodlands to Yishun MRT station.
Commuters again took to micro-blogging site Twitter to
send out alerts on the incident late on Friday.
Johny Loy (@johnyloy) tweeted, "Accident @sembawang mrt, SMRT faster complete your barrier doors
please!!!"
Dynna Syafiqa (@dynna06) tweeted, "Chaos over at Sembawang MRT
station."
Terence Lee, editor for online website New Nation, said he went
to the MRT station at about 12.20am after seeing tweets on the
incident. Lee said he saw a police vehicle and policemen at the
station and that a section had been cordoned off on the train
platform.
Passengers who were unable to complete their journey due to the
disruption can claim a full fare refund from the Passenger Service
Centre in any SMRT station within the next three working days.
SMRT is assisting the police in its investigations.
Earlier this month, a Thai teenage girl lost both her legs after
she fell onto the tracks at the Ang Mo Kio MRT
station and was hit by a train.
-- Yahoo!