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86-year-old woman sent to hospital after bus accident in Chinatown, driver assisting investigations

Bus accident in Chinatown involved a Tower Transit bus & an SMRT bus

At least one person was injured when two buses were involved in an accident in Chinatown earlier this week.

An 86-year-old woman was taken to hospital.

Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook

A bus driver is also assisting the police with investigations.

Tower Transit bus dented in Chinatown accident

Footage of the aftermath of the Chinatown bus accident was posted on the Singapore roads accident.com Facebook page on Friday (7 June).

Taken from the side of the road, the video first shows a dent in the back of a Tower Transit bus.

Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook

It then panned down to show that a panel had been dislodged due to the accident.

Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook

A component on the side had also fallen off and was hanging by a cable.

Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook

SMRT bus windscreen cracked in Chinatown accident

The SMRT bus behind, which was service 970, also sustained damages.

The video showed that its windscreen had been badly cracked due to the impact.

Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook

While no passengers were seen inside either bus, the driver of the SMRT bus was sitting in his seat while there was a large crowd standing at the bus stop along Eu Tong Sen Street.

 

86-year-old woman sent to hospital

In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a road traffic accident along Eu Tong Sen Street on Wednesday (5 June) at about 1.50pm.

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) confirmed with MS News that they were alerted at the same time, and the accident involved two buses heading in the direction towards Hill Street.

One person was conveyed to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), SCDF added.

That person was an 86-year-old woman who was a bus passenger. She was conscious when sent to SGH, SPF said.

Injured passenger was on Tower Transit bus

A Tower Transit spokesman told MS News that the injured passenger was on the bus operated by them.

He added that their service 143 was rear-ended while passengers were boarding the bus from a bus stop along Eu Tong Sen St at about 1.45pm on 5 June.

“We are attempting to reach the injured passenger,” he added.

No injuries reported on SMRT bus

Mr Vincent Gay, Deputy Managing Director of SMRT Buses, told MS News in a statement that no injuries were reported among the passengers of service 970 at the time of the incident.

All the passengers were safely transferred to another bus to continue their journey, he said.

The bus operator is cooperating with police investigations.

Bus driver assisting with investigations

Additionally, one bus driver is assisting the police with investigations.

The driver is a 27-year-old man, SPF added.

Police investigations are ongoing.

Also read: Bus & Lorry Get Into Accident On Kranji Road, 1 Passenger Injured

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Featured images adapted from Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook.

Jeremy Lee

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