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Woman’s walking stick gets stuck between MRT train doors, squeezes her way into carriage

Woman’s walking stick gets stuck between MRT doors at Gardens By the Bay station

A video recently surfaced on Reddit showing a woman squeezing her way onto a train at Gardens By the Bay MRT Station.

Before this, the woman had seemingly stopped the train door from closing by sticking her walking stick between the gap.

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Source: fried_pudding on Reddit

She then tried pulling her walking stick out which then got stuck between the train doors.

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Source: fried_pudding on Reddit

Men stop MRT door from closing on woman holding walking stick

The video also showed two men, one on each side of the door, trying to stop the doors from closing on the woman.

Source: fried_pudding on Reddit

With the walking stick stuck between the doors, the man in the train carriage pried the door open.

He then held it open while the woman and another man on the station platform squeezed their way into the carriage.

Source: fried_pudding on Reddit

Netizens outraged by video

Redditors did not approve of the woman’s actions.

This netizen pointed out that “some people just don’t want to wait”, as if something bad would happen if they missed the train.

Source: Reddit

Some also blamed the man who pried opened the door, claiming he was at fault too.

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Meanwhile, others expressed their concerns over such acts potentially causing malfunctions.

 

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Commuter was tried boarding train while doors were closing

In response to MS News‘ queries, SMRT Trains President Mr Lam Sheau Kai revealed that the incident happened at about 8.20pm on Thursday (30 Jan).

The commuter in question attempted to board the train as the doors were closing.

She then decided to wedge her walking stick between the platform screen doors, preventing the platform screen doors and train doors from closing.

Also read: Man arrested for public urination at Potong Pasir MRT Station, 3rd case in a week

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Featured image adapted from fried_pudding on Reddit.

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