Accidents

‘No senior should go through this’: Woman, 71, has jaw reconstruction surgery after PMD-related accident

Mrs Malar Singam's jaw has been wired shut and she has been consuming a liquid diet through a straw since the surgery.

Seven elephants killed in India train accident

Train passengers use their mobile phones to take photographs of a dead elephant after it was hit by a train in Hojai district in the eastern state of Assam, India, December 20, 2025. REUTERS/Biki Das

Letter From Hong Kong

How a 1920s fable can help us understand what went wrong in the Tai Po fire

mfletter22 - As the sun sets and the lights come on in Hong Kong on Dec 17, 2025, the dark outlines of the charred towers of Wang Fuk Court look particularly stark, brutal even, against the Tai Po skyline, as if determined to remind every passer-by of the city’s recent sorrow.
ST PHOTO: MAGDALENE FUNG

S’pore-registered car crashes into several houses in JB; driver taken to hospital

The Johor police said the accident happened in Jalan Harimau, at about 5.15am on Nov 24.

Bus bound for Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport catches fire

The driver and approximately 40 passengers evacuated safely, according to the Hokkaido Police Highway Patrol.

Escalator in Bangladesh university goes rogue, abruptly surges forward in viral video

A screengrab shows students at BRAC University in Dhaka stumbling and grasping at the handrails of an escalator that suddenly surged forward.

Elderly pedestrian taken to hospital after accident involving bus in Jurong East

The 77-year-old man was conscious when taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

Nine still in hospital after Jurong West bus accident; all in stable condition

A total of 44 people were taken to hospital after a double-decker bus collided into another in Jurong West on Dec 14. Nine of them are still in hospital.

Motorcyclist, 20, dies in accident in Yishun, another taken to hospital; driver arrested

The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted to the accident at the junction of Yishun Avenue 3 and Yishun Central at about 10.20pm on Dec 14.

44 taken to hospital after bus accident in Jurong West; LTA probing

Two double-decker buses were involved in a traffic accident near Block 425, Jurong West Avenue 1 on the morning of Dec 14.

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