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Thai girl hit by train reunites with father

A teenage girl was hit by the train at Ang Mo Kio MRT station. (AFP photo)
A teenage girl was hit by the train at Ang Mo Kio MRT station. (AFP photo)

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A 14-year-old Thai girl who lost both her legs after falling onto the path of an MRT train at Ang Mo Kio station in Singapore on Sunday last week had a touching reunion with her father on Friday.

Arriving at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital after a 15-hour coach ride from the family's hometown of Trang in southern Thailand, the father of Peneakchanasak Nitcharee hugged and kissed the teen and gave her moral support to cheer her up.

The young girl appeared to be in much better spirits Friday compared to two days before when she had said the loss of her legs made her feel "useless".

"I'm very happy my father has come. I miss my mother and my sister, and would like to go home to Thailand," The Straits Times (ST) quoted her as saying.

During the reunion, the father and daughter had tears in their eyes, but they stayed calm. Later, however, when he sat with her aunt at the hospital food court, his calm demeanour dissolved, his shoulders crumpled and he started crying softly, the newspaper reported.

Nopadol Gunavibool, the Thai Ambassador to Singapore, said Nitcharee is a bright student who dreams of becoming a doctor, according to Channel News Asia.

Last week, local media reported that the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call about the train accident at 11:11 am. A spokesman said, the girl's lower limbs were severely injured.

The teenager, who was conscious throughout the ordeal, was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Some eye-witnesses took to micro-blogging platform Twitter to describe the scene. They said there were many police cars at the MRT station and the teenager appeared to have broken both her legs.

Felicia Chen (@caesius_helios) tweeted that she was on the way to Toa Payoh when "people suddenly screamed" and she saw the accident victim under the train before MRT officers "ushered us down from the platform".

She said, "(her) lower limbs broke, can see (her) knee bone jutting out, head bleeding. Serious injury."

Described Zhen Qin (@lithoworqz): "Something happened at AMK station; train services to Marina Bay stopped, policemen everywhere, train only pulled into station halfway."

An SMRT spokesman said train services were not disrupted. Commuters however said there were delays of five to 10 minutes on the North-South Line.

The SMRT is assisting the police with investigations.

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