Another jump MRT incident at Bedok Station

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MRT service disrupted due to track incident at Bedok Station
By Jessica Yeo | Posted: 07 May 2010 2059 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Train services were disrupted at stations between Eunos and Tanah Merah for about an hour on Friday afternoon. This was due to a track incident at Bedok Station.

About 6,500 commuters were affected when a 54-year-old man was hit by a train at around 1.45pm.

Callers to MediaCorp's news hotline said the man jumped onto the tracks when the train was approaching.

The driver, who saw the incident, will be given counselling and a few days to recover from the trauma.

All train services resumed at about 3pm.

Twenty-four free bus bridging services were deployed for commuters affected by the disruption.

Passengers who could not complete their journeys can get a full fare refund from the Passenger Service Centre in any of the 69 SMRT stations within the next three working days.

- CNA/ir