SINGAPORE – A 64-year-old man died in hospital after he fell onto the tracks at Fajar LRT station on Nov 19.
In response to queries, SMRT Trains president Lam Sheau Kai said that a passenger on a personal mobility device, or PMD, fell onto the tracks at Fajar station on the Bukit Panjang LRT line at about 9.35pm that day.
“Our staff immediately activated the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) for assistance and filed a police report,” said Mr Lam.
The man was not struck by any incoming train, as SMRT’s operations control centre had promptly switched off traction power, Mr Lam added.
SMRT is cooperating with the police in their investigations, he said.
The police said they were alerted to the incident at about 9.35pm, and that the man was found lying motionless on the train tracks.
The SCDF took the man to the Woodlands Health Campus, where he later died.
