2 taken to hospital after van and bus collide on TPE
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A 58-year-old male bus driver and a 42-year-old male lorry driver were taken conscious to hospital.
PHOTO: SINGAPORE ROADS ACCIDENT.COM/FACEBOOK
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SINGAPORE – Two people were taken to hospital after an accident involving a bus and a lorry on the Tampines Expressway (TPE) on June 8 morning.
The accident happened on the TPE towards the Pan-Island Expressway, after the Tampines Road exit. The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force were alerted to the accident at about 6.35am that day.
A video posted on Singapore Roads Accident.com Facebook page shows a Tower Transit bus on the road shoulder, with a lorry in the leftmost lane, positioned perpendicular to the traffic flow, with a mangled front cabin.
A 58-year-old male bus driver and a 42-year-old male lorry driver were taken conscious to Sengkang General Hospital and Changi General Hospital, respectively.
A Tower Transit spokesperson said the stationary bus was off service and awaiting engineering assistance on the shoulder of the expressway when the accident happened.
Police investigations are ongoing.
