A major accident involving five vehicles caused at least four lanes of the Seletar Expressway (SLE) to be blocked off on Friday (24 Jan) morning.
A photo posted over Telegram showed that traffic on the expressway had come to a standstill, with numerous vehicles stuck.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Another clip posted on TikTok showed police and emergency vehicles at the scene, blocking off a large portion of the road.
Source: @singyeah18 on TikTok
In a video uploaded on Telegram, taken by a motorist caught in the jam at 9.57am, a tipper truck was seen on the left shoulder of the SLE.
A white van was in the middle of the road, turned in the opposite direction. Its front and back were damaged.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
At the van’s left rear was a motorcycle. In the far-right lane, a lorry and a car had collided with each other, with the front-right areas of both vehicles making contact.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
The Land Transport Authority’s (LTA’s) traffic news account on X posted about the accident at 9.49am on Friday, saying it had taken place on the SLE in the direction towards the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), after the Tampines Expressway (TPE) entrance.
Motorists were advised to avoid lanes 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
Another post at 10.04am said there was congestion up till the TPE exit due to the accident.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
At 10.49am, more than one hour after the accident, LTA advised motorists to avoid lane 5.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
The accident also affected bus services, with SBS Transit posting on Facebook at 11.08am that three of its bus services were delayed for about an hour.
Source: SBS Transit Ltd on Facebook
They returned to normal operations only at 12.29pm, it updated.
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to the accident at about 9.40am on Friday (24 Jan).
It took place along the SLE towards the BKE, and involved a tipper truck, a van, a motorcycle, a lorry and a car.
Five people were sent to the hospital in a conscious state:
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted at about 9.45am, told MS News that they were conveyed to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
Additionally, one person was found trapped in the driver’s seat of a lorry.
SCDF rescued that person using hydraulic rescue equipment, it said.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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Featured image adapted from @singyeah18 on TikTok and SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram.
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