On Saturday afternoon, a passenger had jumped onto the track at Tanah Merah MRT station. I was half expecting a full write up about this man in the papers today and a report on what drove the man to jump onto the train track with an approaching train. There was no report on the Today's paper and I went on to The Straits Times’ site and I did not see any report on it too. I only found this at the Channel New Asia’s site.
"An SMRT spokesman has said that some 5,000 passengers were affected when an eastbound train service was disrupted on Saturday afternoon.
A passenger had jumped onto the track at Tanah Merah MRT Station and was hit by a train heading towards Pasir Ris.
SMRT said that to maintain services on the East-West line, eastbound trains were turned around at Eunos and Tanah Merah MRT stations, while the middle platform at Tanah Merah MRT Station was used for eastbound train services.
Announcements were made in all stations and on affected trains to inform passengers of the delay and to advise them that the trains may be more crowded.
Normal service resumed at around 3.40pm.
Passengers who were unable to complete their journeys due to the disruption can claim a full fare refund from the Passenger Service Centre in any of the 58 SMRT stations, within the next three working days.” — CNA/ms
It got me thinking, so what really happened to that guy? Did he kill himself? Was he pushed? Any foul play suspected? Did he fall? Intoxicated? Drugs? Was he a Chinese? There are so many questions but if you read the article above they seem to be more concerned about the disruption of service and how they are so efficient that they are able to sort the situation out in 50 minutes. Is this a bad case of journalism or are we just concern about not getting home on time?
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