Motorcyclist flung onto MRT tracks after accident on Lentor flyover

[Jah_rastafar_I]

SINGAPORE - A motorcylist was flung onto the MRT tracks between Khatib and Yio Chu Kang stations early on Thursday morning after a traffic accident on the Lentor flyover.

SMRT spokesman Patrick Nathan said its staff helped the authorities to access the North-South Line train tracks to recover the body. The accident had occurred along a stretch of the flyover that spans the tracks.

SMRT staff also replaced some damaged third rail covers that were dislodged from the incident.

Mr Nathan said the MRT line was "thoroughly checked to ensure serviceability before the start of service".

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[xebay11]

From the dressing, looks like Jiu Hu kia.

 

[looneytan]

Shay! I thot train ran over him

 

[songsongjurong]

Deceased family or next of kin be invoiced for track repairs,this is how sinkieland works.

 

[AfterTheWar]

Shitty journalism that leaves readers puzzled on the nationality.

 

[mojito]

No helmet?

 

[syed putra]

No helmet?

More likely, he did not strap the helmet properly and it flew off. Its useless to wear helmet that are not strapped properly.

 

[syed putra]

Deceased family or next of kin be invoiced for track repairs,this is how sinkieland works.

I think claim goes to the insurance company after they determine whose fault it was.

 

[blissquek]

More likely, he did not strap the helmet properly and it flew off. Its useless to wear helmet that are not strapped properly.

From the horse's mouth.

I met an ex-traffic police who resigned because he is guilt-stricken.

The incident happened many years back along TPE. There was a motorcycle lying alongside the reserve lane on the left but there were no signs of the rider. So this cop combed the stretch 200m front and 200m trying to see if the rider is injured and lying somewhere in the bushes. He spend a good half hour trying to locate the motorcyclist but he is not where to be found. So he packed up and rode off, thinking the rider walked away or someone has help him and sent him to the hospital for treatment.

Somehow after riding off, he felt uneasy and return to the scene some 45 mins later.
This time, he combed a longer stretch and found the rider some 400 metres from the bike, still breathing with blood oozing from his nose and mouth.

This poor guy died on the way to the hospital in the ambulance.
If he has been more patient and spent another 15 minute or half hour doing the first search, the motorcyclist could be still alive today.

To this day, he is still tormented with the images of the poor rider.

It is not easy to don a uniform to do your duty.