2 children among 5 sent to hospital after Tampines chain collision
A chain collision involving five cars in Tampines resulted in five people being sent to the hospital, including two children.
Footage of the accident posted on SG Road Vigilante showed a white car colliding into the rear of a red car.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
Tampines chain collision starts when car changes lane
In the clip, taken by a vehicle travelling on a slip road alongside Tampines Avenue 10, a white car is seen driving in lane 2 (second from right).
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
Without warning, the white car swerved into lane 1 (far-right), where a number of stationary cars were queueing.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
The white car collided violently with a red car, the last one in the queue. The impact caused the white car’s bonnet to cave in.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
5 people sent to hospital after Tampines chain collision
In response to queries by MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to the accident at about 6.30pm on Thursday (4 Sept).
It involved five cars along Tampines Avenue 10, in the direction towards Pasir Ris.
Five people were sent to the hospital in a conscious state:
- A 60-year-old female car driver
- A 32-year-old male car driver
- A 40-year-old male car driver
- Two children, aged six and nine, who were passengers of the 40-year-old driver
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted at the same time, told MS News that three of them were conveyed to Changi General Hospital, while two persons were conveyed to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH).
Additionally, the 60-year-old female car driver is assisting with police investigations, which are ongoing.
Children purportedly still traumatised
In the comments section of SG Road Vigilante’s video, a user said he was in the red car when it got rear-ended, and could not recall much about the incident.
Source: Facebook
He did say, however, that his wife and two children were recovering from the accident in KKH.
Another woman added that her children, who were involved in the accident, were still traumatised by it.
Source: Facebook
She also took the opportunity to appeal for footage of the accident.
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Featured image adapted from SG Road Vigilante on Facebook.
