SMRT acknowledges lapse in procedure before train hit 2 employees
Photo: The Straits Times
ASIAONE
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016
SINGAPORE - There was a lapse in procedure before an MRT train hit and killed two trainee employees, according to a timeline of events provided by operator SMRT today (March 23).
Mr Nasrulhudin Najumudin, 26, and Mr Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari, 24, were part of a 15-member maintenance crew sent to investigate an alarm that had gone off at a servicing point on the tracks near Pasir Ris MRT station at around 11.10am yesterday (March 22).
They were authorised to do so, in a practice - of sending a team to the tracks to investigate faults when trains services are running - that SMRT said yesterday was normal.
SMRT said in a statement today that an average of two to three such authorisations are given each day.
Before they are allowed to step back onto the tracks, the team is supposed to coordinate with the signal unit to ensure that oncoming trains stop and do not enter the affected sector.
"Our records do not show that this procedure took place," SMRT said.
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