Train services from Sembawang to Yio Chu Kang were disrupted for about half an hour yesterday after a man jumped onto the tracks and was hit by a train at Yishun MRT station.

The Chinese man in his late 40s was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and pronounced dead at about 1pm.

To maintain service on the unaffected stretches of the North-South Line during the incident, some southbound trains were turned around at Sembawang and Yio Chu Kang MRT stations.

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