Citizens ride the Sillim Line on the 29th of last month. /Courtesy of News1

On the 7th at around 4:41 p.m., a male disabled individual, identified as Mr. A, who was in an electric wheelchair, collided with the screen door and fell onto the tracks at the Sillim Line's Saetgang Station in the Yeongdeungpo District of Seoul. It has been determined that there were no trains at the station at the time of the fall.

Mr. A has been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The Sillim Line train service has been suspended. The Seoul city government and the operator of the Sillim Line, Namseoul Light Rail, are investigating the circumstances of the accident.