A Thai girl who lost her legs after falling onto the tracks in a subway station in Singapore in 2011 had her lawsuit dismissed against transport operator SMRT and the Land Transport Authority in Singapore on Thursday.

Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, now 16, sued the transport operator and the authority for 3.4 million Singapore dollars (2.7 million U. S. dollars), contending that the defendants had breached their duty of care by failing to ensure that the station was reasonably safe for passengers.

But High Court judge Vinodh Coomaraswamy, in an 81-page written judgment released on Thursday, dismissed her claim.

The judge said he found the station to be "reasonably safe" and the defendants not liable in negligence for the girl's injuries.

"The plaintiff's injuries are undoubtedly tragic, especially for one so young," the judge wrote. "But the law of negligence awards compensation based on a defendant's culpability, not simply because a plaintiff has suffered harm." Endi

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