East-West MRT service disrupted after person enters tunnel and is killed

[The_King]

Commuters at Aljunied MRT station at around 10pm on Feb 25, after services on the East-West line were disrupted

 

 

 

 

SINGAPORE - Service on the East-West MRT Line was disrupted on Thursday evening (Feb 25) after a person who entered a tunnel near Lavender station was killed.

SMRT tweeted that the service disruption was due to a "train incident", but would not say more.

SMRT's Twitter alert went out at 9.48pm.

The Straits Times understands a person had intruded into the eastbound tunnel from a portal area at Lavender.

Freelance worker Bessie Tan, 59, said she was on a train from town at around 9.30pm when passengers were told to disembark at Bugis.

"Then the train left empty," she said. "We boarded the next train which carried passengers but it didn't leave Bugis and we were all told to leave train again."

 

 

She added that at first the announcement at the station "mumbled something like an incident at Lavender".

This is the first MRT track fatality since two SMRT trainees were knocked down by a train in March 2016.

[chamfer]

So much things happening at the beginning of this year..

[Homelander]

 

It is unclear how the person had accessed the tracks. ST understands high fences are in place to prevent unauthorised access through the portals.

 

In a statement posted on Facebook after 11pm, SMRT said the incident took place at about 9.30pm between Lavender and Kallang stations on the East-West Line towards Pasir Ris.

 

The operator suspended train services along the four-station stretch between Bugis and Aljunied in both directions, closed Lavender and Kallang stations and activated free regular bus and free bus bridging services.

 

It said it is assisting in police investigations.

 

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for help at about 9.35pm. An SCDF paramedic pronounced a person dead at the scene.

[ManOfTheHour]

25 minutes ago, chamfer said:

So much things happening at the beginning of this year..

Covid stress

[socrates469bc]

20 minutes ago, chamfer said:

So much things happening at the beginning of this year..

 

and more to come for the next few yrs if history is any guide.

 

every metal rat yr heralds history changing events which takes yrs to manifests.

 

a recent tiongland example of 1960, the great chinese famine which planted the seeds of the cultural revolution.

 

a recent bee kok example of 1960, the over-rated kennedy being elected and resulted in an escalation of the cold war.

 

nb, this over-rated kennedy basically set bee kok onto the path of budget deficits.

[ODACHEK]

Too many death cases during the 15 days of cny, not a good sign for sg...

[meng.huat]

 

13 hours ago, Homelander said:

 

It is unclear how the person had accessed the tracks.

 

14 hours ago, The_King said:

 

The Straits Times understands a person had intruded into the eastbound tunnel from a portal area at Lavender.