Four people, including a 17-year-old boy, were sent to the hospital on Saturday (7 Nov) afternoon after an accident involving four vehicles along the Tampines Expressway (TPE).
Footage posted in a Telegram chat group for motorists showed two lorries and two cars lined up along lane 2 after being involved in a chain collision.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Right at the back was a lorry from an air-con engineering company which had a cracked windshield.
A police officer was inspecting glass shards and other debris lying on the road in front of it.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
In front was another lorry that had rear-ended a black car, causing a large dent in the car’s rear.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Further ahead was another car that had suffered damage to its rear.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Ambulances, police vehicles and two Expressway Monitoring Advisory System (EMAS) Recovery vehicles were at the scene,
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
A video posted by SG Road Vigilante on Facebook showed the accident scene from above, revealing that two out of four lanes of the TPE had been closed off due to the accident.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
A man was being wheeled on a stretcher into an ambulance.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
A total of three ambulances were at the scene.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
Rescue personnel were also seen conversing with a man wearing a Manchester United jersey who was standing next to the driver’s door of the black car.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
In a post on X, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said at 4.51pm that the accident had occurred along the TPE in the direction of the PIE, after the Punggol Road exit.
Motorists were advised to avoid lanes 1 and 2.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
In an update at 5.10pm, LTA said the accident had caused congestion stretching to the Punggol Road exit.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the accident at about 4.45pm on 7 Nov.
It took place along the TPE towards the PIE, near the Lorong Halus exit, and involved two lorries and two cars.
Four people were sent to the hospital in a conscious state:
SCDF said all four were conveyed to Sengkang General Hospital.
One more person was assessed for minor injuries, but they declined to be sent to the hospital.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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Featured image adapted from SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram.