7-vehicle accident in Jurong East involves 5 cars, a bus & a tipper truck
Three people were sent to the hospital on Monday (26 Oct) morning after an accident involving seven vehicles in Jurong East.
Footage posted on Facebook showed several cars smashed together across the width of Boon Lay Way, in between a public bus and a tipper truck.
Source: Ah Siong via My Grandfather’s Road on Facebook
Car sandwiched between other cars after Jurong East accident
Other photos shared on Facebook showed a white car sandwiched between another white car in front and a black car behind, causing it to be crushed from both ends.
Source: Singapura Channel on Facebook
Various parts of the sandwiched white car’s body were twisted and compressed in the accident, while its airbags had been activated. A Snorlax plushie lay on the road next to the car.
Source: Singapura Channel on Facebook
A silver car on its left had a dented driver’s door, and debris was strewn across the road.
Source: Singapura Channel on Facebook
Accident vehicles obstruct almost entire road
More photos were uploaded in a chat group for motorists on Telegram, depicting the scene after the bus had moved off.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
They revealed that almost all the lanes of the road were obstructed by the accident vehicles, leaving only the extreme right turning lane and the left filter lane passable by traffic.
The far-left lane was cleared only after the bus left.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
A number of police cars and an Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (EMAS) Recovery vehicle were also at the scene.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
3 lanes still blocked 2 hours after Jurong East accident
In a post on X, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said at 10.49am that the accident had occurred along Boon Lay Way in the direction of the city, after Jurong Town Hall Road.
Motorists were advised to avoid lanes 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
At 12.35pm, almost two hours later, motorists were still advised to avoid three lanes of the main road.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
3 people sent to hospital after 7-vehicle accident
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to the accident at 10.25am on 26 Oct.
It took place along Boon Lay Way in the direction of Commonwealth Avenue West, and involved five cars, a bus and a tipper truck.
Three people were sent to the hospital in a conscious state: A 78-year-old male car driver, a 36-year-old female car driver and a 76-year-old female passenger.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted at about 10.30am, told MS News that they were conveyed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
Additionally, a 29-year-old male car driver is assisting with police investigations, which are ongoing.
Car collided into right side of SBS bus
SBS Transit spokesperson Grace Wu told MS News in response to queries that the accident involved its Service 99 bus.
At the time, the bus was waiting at a red light at a traffic junction along Boon Lay Way when a car collided into its right side.
Neither the bus passengers nor the bus captain were sent to the hospital.
The passengers were transferred to another bus to continue their journeys, she added.
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Featured image adapted from Singapura Channel on Facebook and Ah Siong via My Grandfather’s Road on Facebook.
