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13 sent to hospital after AYE crash; second heavy vehicle pile-up in 24 hours

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Emergency services were alerted at approximately 5:50 a.m. on Nov 5 to a crash involving two lorries and a bus on the Ayer Rajah Expressway toward the Marina Coastal Expressway. A 42-year-old lorry driver and 12 passengers, aged 24 to 51, were taken conscious to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and the National University Hospital. At least five emergency response vehicles attended the scene, where paramedics tended to victims seated along the expressway shoulder. The 42-year-old driver is currently assisting police with ongoing investigations into the incident.

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  • Police are actively investigating the early-morning Ayer Rajah Expressway collision with…: Police are actively investigating the early-morning Ayer Rajah Expressway collision with assistance from an involved lorry driver.
  • The incident represents the second major multi-vehicle crash involving passenger-carrying…: The incident represents the second major multi-vehicle crash involving passenger-carrying heavy vehicles to occur within a 24-hour period.
  • A separate collision in Tuas the previous evening sent twenty-six people, including a lor…: A separate collision in Tuas the previous evening sent twenty-six people, including a lorry driver and twenty-five passengers, to the hospital.

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SINGAPORE – Thirteen people were taken to hospital after an accident involving three heavy vehicles on the AYE in the early hours of Nov 5.

The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), in response to queries from The Straits Times on Nov 5, said they were alerted to an accident on the AYE towards MCE, before the Jalan Boon Lay exit, at around 5.50am.

The accident involved two lorries and a bus.

A 42-year-old male lorry driver and his 12 male lorry passengers, aged between 24 and 51, were taken conscious to hospital, the police said.

SCDF added that eight people were taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and the other five to National University Hospital.

The 42-year-old lorry driver is currently assisting with ongoing police investigations.

Footage of the aftermath of the accident shared on Facebook shows paramedics tending to several people seated along the expressway shoulder near a lorry. One person is seen lying motionless on the leftmost lane.

Just metres away, a second lorry, a car and a non-public bus sit stationary in the…

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