An incident involving several individuals and staff members of Metro Express Ltd (MEL) occurred on the tram rails near Phoenix on Sunday around 1:30 p.m. According to a statement made to the police by employees of MEL, these are passengers unhappy with the fact that the tram suddenly stopped, who allegedly got out of the carriage to stand on the rails and express their anger at the situation. Despite numerous attempts by those in charge of the Phoenix station, who were sent to reinforce the scene to try to restore calm and explain the origin of the incident, three members of the public attacked them, as in testify to the videos circulating on the web. They refused to listen to reason while the other people dispersed.
According to MEL employees, the fact that people are on the metro rails above all constitutes a danger for their own safety due to other vehicles in traffic. This is also a violation of the Light Rail Act. “Not going to move forward, what will happen.” “I’m a taxpayer, you’re a bastard. On the 12th, Pravind Jugnauth will know his result.» This is what they would have said in substance. Not wanting to listen to reason, it was under a shower of insults that one of the men ended up shoving one of the MEL managers before the police intervened.
Still according to the statement given to the police, the metro concerned encountered a technical problem and did not want to restart, despite the captain’s multiple attempts to restart it. However, according to testimonies from passengers on social networks, the stop lasted several minutes and it was the staff’s refusal to communicate which aggravated the situation. “Passengers were running out of air. The driver did not want to say what happened despite several people coming forward to ask him. Passengers were choking, saying turn on the aircon or open the door, he was crazy dry. Finally, the passengers were so out of breath, they opened the door through the first aid kit. Several passengers were shocked, crossed to take the bus … “
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