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SINGAPORE: Train service along the North-East Line was delayed on Thusday morning, after a woman fell into the platform gap.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a rescue incident at Boon Keng MRT station on Thursday morning at 8.10am.
A woman in her 40s whose right leg stuck was between the platform gap was freed by SCDF officers using hydraulic rescue tools. She was subsequently conveyed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital in a stable and conscious condition.
TRAIN DELAY: There was a delay on the North-East Line earlier this morning, after a woman's leg got stuck in the platform gap. The Singapore Civil Defence Force freed her using hydraulic tools.(Video: Ms Jasmine)
Posted by Channel NewsAsia Singapore on Wednesday, 13 May 2015
SBS Transit tweeted at 8.25am that train service towards HarbourFront will be delayed up to 10 minutes.
It provided free shuttle bus service at all North-East Line stations, and service later resumed at 8.53am.
Ms Lim, owner of a convenience store at Boon Keng MRT station, told Channel NewsAsia: "I saw ambulance staff pushing an Indian woman on a stretcher out of the gantry."
There was still a crowd seen at the MRT station as at 9.11am, following the incide
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