Saturday, 18 June 2011

Elderly woman killed by train at Yio Chu Kang


A woman in her 60s was hit by a south-bound train at Yio Chu Kang MRT Station on Wednesday night.
The elderly woman was on the train tracks when the police arrived and was pronounced dead by paramedics at about 11.50pm.
The case has been classified as an unnatural death and investigations are underway.
The incident happened at about 11:20pm and south-bound train services between Yishun andAng Mo Kio MRT Station were disrupted, reported TODAY newspaper.
The disruption affected about 680 commuters. Train services for south-bound trains resumed at 12.42am while north-bound trains remained unaffected the whole time.
Free bus-bridging services were provided by SMRT to ferry affected passengers from Yishun to Toa Payoh MRT stations. This service continued until the end of passenger service hours.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/elderly-woman-hit-train-yio-chu-kang-121329946.html
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