PMD rider dies after falling onto tracks at Fajar LRT station

[Yuletide]

PMD rider dies after falling onto tracks at Fajar LRT station, no foul play suspected​

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SMRT promptly switched off traction power, ensuring he was not hit by a train.

By Jeremy Lee - 29 Nov 2025, 1:06 am

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PMD rider sent to hospital after he was found motionless on Fajar LRT tracks

A personal mobility device (PMD) rider has died after falling onto the tracks at Fajar LRT station in Bukit Panjang.

Footage of the incident posted in a now-deleted TikTok video showed the PMD lying on its side beneath a platform.

Source: @user_12122022 on TikTok

It also depicted a man lying in the gap next to the rail, with an SMRT staff member and another man coming to his aid.

Source: @user_12122022 on TikTok

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64-year-old man sent to hospital, where he passed away​

In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it received a call for assistance at Fajar LRT at about 9.35pm on 19 Nov.

A 64-year-old man was found lying motionless on the train tracks and was sent to the hospital.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted at about 9.40pm, told MS News that he was conveyed to Woodlands Health Campus.

However, he subsequently passed away in the hospital, SPF added.

No foul play is suspected, based on preliminary investigations.

Police investigations are ongoing.

SMRT turns off traction power after PMD rider falls at Fajar LRT​

In response to MS News‘ queries, SMRT Trains president Lam Sheau Kai said the PMD rider fell onto the tracks at Fajar LRT at about 9.35pm on 19 Nov.

Source: Google Maps
SMRT’s operations control centre promptly switched off traction power, and staff immediately called SCDF for assistance.

This ensured that the man was not struck by an incoming train.

SMRT has also filed a police report and is cooperating with police investigations.

Man ran over by train at Fajar LRT in 2017​

This is not the first fatal incident at Fajar LRT.

In March 2017, a man died after falling onto the tracks at the station.

The man, who was in his 40s, was run over by an LRT train, police said.

 

[Sustanon]

It could have been worse had there be an incoming train......

 

[Aaron carter]

Awesome news. PMD riders are mostly vermin and therefore should be exterminated.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Awesome news. PMD riders are mostly vermin and therefore should be exterminated.

Couldn’t agree more
Add pesky ebikers to the vile pool

 

[Aaron carter]

Exterminate them, exterminate them all. With extreme prejudice.

 

[glockman]

Didn't wear helmet, banged his head, then died.

 

[Yuletide]

Didn't wear helmet, banged his head, then died.

Have you seen those PMD wheelchair type devices speeding across MRT tunnels and morning at me to give way...truly irritating.

 

[Geneco]

Another died 'suddenly'...

 

[Hightech88]

How the fark is a PMD even allowed on the platform? PMA (Personal Mobility Aids) izzit, simi ranjiao PMD? LOL.

 

[glockman]

Have you seen those PMD wheelchair type devices speeding across MRT tunnels and morning at me to give way...truly irritating.

Yes, they are most dangerous in the hands of reckless and thoughtless boomers. Some can be very kwai lan.

 

[True Believer]

Didn't wear helmet, banged his head, then died.

Did this old PMD rider deliberately ride onto the tracks to commit suicide?

 

[glockman]

Did this old PMD rider deliberately ride onto the tracks to commit suicide?

he could've. Life's tough after all.

 

[True Believer]

he could've. Life's tough after all.

I cannot imagine life for our young PMEs who slog for under $5,000 per month only to realise that even a HDB flat would take them 30 years to repay and a car is firmly out of their reach.

 

[True Believer]

he could've. Life's tough after all.

The pressure cooker work environment and coping with life in the most expensive city in the world will push many Sinkies over the edge.

 

[HokkienJiWaWa]

Did this old PMD rider deliberately ride onto the tracks to commit suicide?

He dropped his hard copy CDC voucher on the tracks.

 

[glockman]

I cannot imagine life for our young PMEs who slog for under $5,000 per month only to realise that even a HDB flat would take them 30 years to repay and a car is firmly out of their reach.

Hence in many ways, I am glad I am now in my twilight years. Don't care much for the SG of today, or the world for that matter.

 

[True Believer]

Hence in many ways, I am glad I am now in my twilight years. Don't care much for the SG of today, or the world for that matter.

I am similarly relieved that I am in my mid-50s and plan to retire early. S'pore has become far too expensive, and so I am glad that I set aside enough in my younger days to call time on my career before 60.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

I cannot imagine life for our young PMEs who slog for under $5,000 per month only to realise that even a HDB flat would take them 30 years to repay and a car is firmly out of their reach.

30 years if you are lucky. What if you get retrenched ?

 

[sbfuncle]

Now besides a loctor cert to ride pmd, they also need to do practical lesson and test.
Eg crank course to manuoveour thru crowds. E brake to prevent knocking people, or worse, like now ride onto the track.

 

[searcher1]

Ban all PMD !!!! Use this exoskeleton assistance instead