4 taken to hospital after accident near Sports Hub, including 2 rescued with hydraulic tools
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The accident happened at the junction of Mountbatten Road and Guillemard Road.
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SINGAPORE – Two people had to be rescued from a car with hydraulic tools after an accident near the Sports Hub in Kallang on Aug 13. They were among four who were taken to hospital after the accident.
When contacted, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to an accident at the junction of Mountbatten Road and Guillemard Road at about 8am.
It added that one person was found trapped in the driver’s seat of a car while another was trapped in a rear passenger seat.
“SCDF freed the two people using hydraulic rescue equipment,” it said.
Two people were taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and one was taken to Raffles Hospital. Another person was taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, said SCDF.
In response to The Straits Times’ queries, the police said the injured comprised the two drivers – a 46-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man – and two passengers, a 47-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl.
Video footage posted online, which has since been deleted, shows four SCDF vehicles and an SCDF ambulance stationary near a traffic junction.
A person is seen lying on a stretcher near one of the SCDF fire engines.
At the traffic junction, uniformed officers can be seen crowding near the rear bumper of a silver car with its boot open. Other officers can also be seen near its rear left passenger seat.
Across the road, a stationary white car with a damaged front bumper is seen, with plastic debris strewn on the road between the two cars.
At 8.20am, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) posted on its X account that an accident had occurred on Sims Way. It advised motorists to avoid lanes 1 and 4.
Police investigations are ongoing.
