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SMRT technician dies in accident while repairing bus
Car jack supporting vehicle gives way; another injured worker discharged
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A stop-work order has been issued to the Automotive Services commercial repair centre at Ang Mo Kio Depot. According to an alert issued by the Workplace Safety and Health Council yesterday, the technicians were working under a bus which was raised using two car jacks. The bus fell on the workers when one of the jacks collapsed.
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One SMRT technician was killed and another injured when a car jack supporting a bus they were working on gave way on Sunday morning.
Police told The Straits Times they received a call at around 9.40am asking for assistance at 6 Ang Mo Kio Street 62 - the address of SMRT's Ang Mo Kio bus depot.
