PIE accident involves 3 cars & 1 motorcycle, 2 car drivers assisting investigations
Two people were sent to the hospital on Sunday (18 Oct) evening after an accident involving three cars and a motorcycle along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE).
Dashcam footage posted by SG Road Vigilante on Facebook showed a car hitting the motorcycle while changing lanes, causing a chain collision with two more cars.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
Car tries to change lane but knocks into motorcycle along PIE
In the clip, a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) was travelling in the far-right lane of the PIE amid slow-moving traffic.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
It signalled left and decided to change lanes just as a motorcycle that was riding between two lanes approached from behind.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
This resulted in the SUV knocking into the motorcycle from its right.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
Motorcycle hit by 2nd car, which was rear-ended by 3rd car
The impact caused the motorcycle to careen across the PIE towards the left.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
There, it is then hit by a black car in one of the lanes on the left.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
Another car subsequently rear-ends the black car, which had stopped.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
The first car was later seen filtering to the left, presumably to assist the other affected vehicles.
3 injured & 2 sent to hospital, including motorcyclist
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to the accident at 6.55pm on 18 Oct.
It took place along the PIE in the direction of Changi Airport, and involved three cars and one motorcycle.
Two people — a 56-year-old female car passenger and a 53-year-old male motorcyclist — were sent to the hospital in a conscious state.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted at the same time, told MS News that they were both conveyed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
A third person was assessed for minor injuries, but they declined to be sent to the hospital.
Additionally, two male car drivers aged 34 and 58 are assisting with police investigations, which are ongoing.
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Featured image adapted from SGRV ADMIN on Facebook.
