3 injured after bus rams into back of McDonald’s delivery rider in Sembawang; bus driver suspended
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The SCDF said they were alerted to an accident at the junction of Sembawang Way and Canberra Road at around 10.30am on Monday.
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SINGAPORE - A McDonald’s delivery rider was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital after a collision involving a Tower Transit bus, a car and a motorcycle in Sembawang on Monday morning.
In a video uploaded onto Facebook page SG Road Vigilante, service 980 can be seen moving at some speed in the centre lane of a three-lane road before hitting the delivery rider, who had stopped his motorcycle at a red light.
The impact of the collision jerked him backwards, before he was sent flying off his motorcycle onto the rear windscreen of a car in front of him.
The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to an accident at the junction of Sembawang Way and Canberra Road at around 10.30am on Monday.
A McDonald’s spokesman said the delivery rider was taken to the accident and emergency (A&E) department for medical evaluation and was discharged on the same day.
The 38-year-old did not suffer major injuries and is recuperating at home.
“Our employees are paramount to us and we have been extending our full support throughout this incident,” the spokesman said.
A Tower Transit Singapore (TTS) spokesman said the 68-year-old bus driver was found to be at fault and has been suspended, with disciplinary action pending.
The police said the bus driver is assisting with investigations.
The driver of the car and an infant, who was on board the bus with his mother, were given medical attention, the TTS spokesman said.
“TTS has reached out to them to offer our sincere apologies and assist them with their medical claims. We wish them a speedy recovery and will continue to check in on them,” the spokesman added.
