Overview
- A 68-year-old man, Mr Loh Hee Chen, fell onto the tracks at Segar station and was struck by an oncoming Bukit Panjang LRT train on Monday, leaving him dead and services between Senja and Bukit Panjang suspended for about four hours.
- The Land Transport Authority has launched a formal investigation to assess whether current safety measures and incident response procedures were adequate and said it will make improvements based on the findings.
- The police are conducting a separate probe and the Singapore Civil Defence Force recorded a call for assistance at about 6.25am on the morning of the incident.
- LTA reiterated that full-height platform screen doors cannot be retrofitted at unmanned LRT platforms because the doors must sync with train signalling and there is insufficient space for the required equipment and cabling.
- LRT stations already have fixed platform barriers and tactile studs and newer AI/video-analytics systems such as SMRT’s iSafe—installed on the Bukit Panjang line in 2023—have been deployed to detect track intrusions but the family has questioned gap sizes and whether detection alerts triggered in this case.