TWO persons died in separate road accidents on the weekend.

In the first incident, a teenage motorcyclist died of serious injuries just after 4am on Saturday morning.

It is believed that his motorcycle skidded and collided into the road railings on the left along the Tampines Expressway, near the Tampines Ave 10 exit.

He suffered serious head injuries and died at the scene minutes after the incident occured.

In the other accident, a private bus driver died after his vehicle skidded and mounted the central divider along the Ayer-Rajah Expressway on Sunday afternoon, near the Benoi Road exit.

The driver, who is in his mid 40s, was dead when the Singapore Civil Defence Force officers arrived at the scene and had to be extricated from the wreckage.

Witnesses should call the Traffic Police hotline at 1800-547-1818.