00:00A man in his 40s reportedly died after falling onto railway tracks
00:06and being struck by a train at Pusat Bandar Puchong Light Rail Transit LRT station on Tuesday.
00:13Selangor Fire and Rescue Department Assistant Director of Operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar
00:18said they received an emergency call at 6.05 p.m. and deployed a team from the Subang Jaya
00:24fire station to the scene. He said the victim was found unconscious beneath the LRT tracks
00:29and believed to have died from the accident. Authorities have not yet established the cause
00:35of the incident or identified the victim. Rapid KL have suspended operations at four stations,
00:42the Bandar Putri, Taman Perindustrian Puchong, Pusat Bandar Puchong and IOI Puchong Jaya.
00:48As an alternative, free shuttle bus services were activated between the Puchong Perdana station
00:53and Kinrara BK5 station. Both alternative transport services ended around 9 p.m. after rescue
01:01operations concluded. Rapid KL also said that train frequencies are currently being regulated
01:07and full operations are expected to resume soon.
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