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Man dies after falling onto LRT tracks in KL, rail services disrupted
Selangor rescue officers found the man unresponsive on the tracks under an LRT train and presumed him to be dead. PHOTO: SELANGOR FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT
A man died after he was believed to have fallen onto the railway tracks at a Light Rail Transit (LRT) station in Kuala Lumpur and was struck by a train on the evening of June 3.
Sin Chew Daily said the man was from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, according to his passport details.
The incident, which happened at Pusat Bandar Puchong station, also disrupted LRT services at three other stations, reported New Straits Times.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said on June 3 that when its team arrived at the scene, the man was found unresponsive on the tracks under an LRT train and presumed him to be dead.
Shuttle bus services and alternative train services were activated by rail operator Rapid KL for affected commuters during the evening peak hours. In a Facebook update close to 9pm, Rapid KL said rescue work was over and all alternative services were discontinued.
In February, a visually impaired man was killed after accidentally falling onto the tracks at Kuala Lumpur's Titiwangsa LRT station and getting run over by a train.
In 2018, a man died at the same Puchong station where the latest incident happened when he descended onto the tracks and got hit by an oncoming train.
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