A woman fainted and fell onto the tracks at Wongwian Yai BTS Skytrain Station in Bangkok, Thailand, at round 9.30am right now, stories CH3‘s Facebook page Nai Krasae.
A witness swiftly informed employees on the station who managed to place a cease to the trains in time and pull the girl safely from the tracks.
The witness advised Nai Krasae that they saw a woman, estimated to be 20 to 25 years outdated, wanting weak and pale standing on the platform at Wongwian Yai BTS Station on the Silom line in Khlong San district.
Then, Censored heard a sound like something falling and rotated to see the unwell woman on the tracks. The witness said there have been hardly any people at the station and no one saw her down.
Luckily workers managed to cease trains in time to save lots of the woman, however the incident might have been prevented by installing barriers on the platform, mentioned the witness.
Unlike some other BTS stations in Bangkok – like Siam – Wongwian Yai doesn’t have limitations on the platform.
The witness expressed concerns to Nai Krasae that without barriers, accidents like this will easily happen. If it is attainable to install obstacles in different stations, the witness said he suggests the BTS do the identical throughout the board to keep away from tragedies from occurring.
Safety on the BTS Skytrain was introduced into the highlight in August final yr when an escalator incident at Surasak Station left 27 folks injured.
One 17 12 months previous victim was rushed to hospital for emergency surgical procedure when her leg was “torn” in the fall, exposing her bone.
A deputy inspector at Yannawa Police Station, Lieutenant Colonel Somyot Bunnakaew, stated the mass fall occurred after a concert at Bangkok Christian School. He said after the live performance, teenagers crammed into Surasak station to flee the rain when somebody slipped down the crowded escalator.
The BTS supplied help to victims of the cush, however stated the incident was out of their control…