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26 people taken to hospital after three-vehicle incident in Tuas

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In short

The collision involved a bus, a lorry, and a tipper truck along Tuas South Avenue 9 heading towards Tuas South Way. All twenty-six individuals transported to medical facilities were from the lorry, including the forty-five-year-old driver and male passengers aged between twenty-five and forty-eight. A video circulated online showed responders treating uniformed workers on a nearby road divider while the lorry sat trapped between the two larger vehicles. A sixty-nine-year-old tipper truck driver is cooperating with police as inquiries into the cause continue.

Key points

  • Police were alerted to the three-vehicle collision along Tuas South Avenue 9 at around 7:…: Police were alerted to the three-vehicle collision along Tuas South Avenue 9 at around 7:30 p.m. on November 4.
  • A sixty-nine-year-old male tipper truck driver is currently assisting law enforcement off…: A sixty-nine-year-old male tipper truck driver is currently assisting law enforcement officers with their ongoing inquiries.
  • Official police investigations into the circumstances surrounding the Tuas industrial are…: Official police investigations into the circumstances surrounding the Tuas industrial area collision remain ongoing.

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SINGAPORE – Twenty-six people were taken to hospital following a three-vehicle accident in Tuas on the evening of Nov 4.

In response to queries, the police said that they were alerted at about 7.30pm that day to an accident involving a bus, a lorry and a tipper truck on Tuas South Avenue 9 towards Tuas South Way.

A 45-year-old lorry driver and 25 male lorry passengers, aged between 25 and 48, were taken conscious to hospital.

A 69-year-old male tipper truck driver is assisting with investigations, the police added.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted to the accident at about the same time, said in a media reply that it took 10 people to Singapore General Hospital, eight people to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and eight people to National University Hospital.

Footage of the aftermath, which was uploaded on TikTok on Nov 4, shows uniformed workers sitting on a road divider while SCDF personnel attend to some of them.

In the video, a lorry can be seen between a tipper truck and a bus.

Police investigations…

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