Bus driver taken to hospital after multi-vehicle accident in Punggol
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The police said they were alerted to the accident, which involved a bus, a car and a lorry, at 8.40am on Jan 21.
PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM SUPER_ATTEMPT_8233/REDDIT
SINGAPORE – A bus driver was taken to hospital after an accident involving a bus, a car and a lorry in Punggol Road towards Hougang Avenue 10 on Jan 21.
The 25-year-old lorry driver is assisting with investigations, said the police, who were alerted to the accident at 8.40am on the same day.
The bus driver, 43, was taken conscious to Sengkang General Hospital, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said.
In photos of the accident circulating online, a silver car appears to have collided with the side of a service 163 bus near a bus stop.
The rear bumper of the car appears to be damaged while the affected lane is cordoned off with traffic cones.
In response to The Straits Times’ queries, SBS Transit spokeswoman Grace Wu said the accident had occurred when the service 163 bus was pulling away from the bus stop, and that the car and lorry had collided before the collision with the bus.
Mrs Wu said no passenger on the bus was hurt, but the bus driver required outpatient treatment at the hospital and was on two days’ medical leave. She added that SBS Transit was providing him with support during his recovery.
