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SINGAPORE: Two Republic Polytechnic students who were killed by an oncoming Keretapi Tanah Melayu train last year were either too tired or too intoxicated with alcohol to react when its driver sounded the horn, the Coroner's Court heard.
As a result, the Malaysia-bound train ploughed into the pair as they were sitting on a railway track near Bukit Timah Shopping Centre.
They died on the spot.
State Coroner, Eddy Tham has recorded a verdict of misadventure on the deaths of the two students, 20-year-old Clara Lee Jing Yu and 19-year-old Goh Sheng Yao.
Both of them were third-year Integrated Events Management students and according to court papers, were in a relationship.
The court heard that a witness spotted the pair near Blooie's Roadhouse, a restaurant located at the nearby Rail Mall at Upper Bukit Timah Road at around 2am on 8 August 2009.
A video clip retrieved from Sheng Yao's mobile phone revealed that he was drinking from a plastic cup and he appeared drunk.
Police retrieved two such cups near the restaurant and toxicology reports on the pair revealed that both of them had consumed alcohol before their tragic deaths.
The Investigation Officer handling the case, Inspector Ng Soon Chye told the court that a railway track bridge is accessible from the mall and it is only about a two-minute walk away. - CNA/vm
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