Driver taken to hospital after tipper truck flips on side in Lentor Avenue
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Video footage on social media shows a tipper truck flipped on its side in Lentor Avenue on July 20.
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SINGAPORE – A 35-year-old driver of a tipper truck was taken conscious to hospital after an accident involving the vehicle in Lentor Avenue on July 20.
This is the third time in two weeks that an accident involving a heavy vehicle has made headlines.
In the latest case, video footage on social media shows a truck flipped on its side on the leftmost lane of a road.
“On July 20 at about 5.40pm, the police were alerted to an accident involving a tipper truck, which was believed to have self-skidded in Lentor Avenue towards Yishun Avenue 2,” said the police.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it conveyed one person to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, without mentioning if the person was the driver.
Police investigations are ongoing.
In another accident on July 9, the driver of a cement truck, which flipped on its side in Tampines, was taken to hospital
On July 17, two men were taken to hospital after a large lorry toppled in Neo Tiew Road
The number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries increased from 6,779 cases in 2022 to 6,944 in 2023, but remained below the pre-pandemic figure of 7,705 cases in 2019.
The number of people injured also increased, rising from 8,441 in 2022 to 8,931 in 2023
