Car skids & crashes in Clarke Quay tunnel, accident ends up completely blocking lane

Accident in Clarke Quay tunnel on 8 May results in car blocking road completely

A car accident on a rainy Friday (8 May) night resulted in a crash that managed to perfectly block a Clarke Quay tunnel.

Both occupants emerged, seemingly having escaped serious injuries.

Car crashes after going around tunnel bend

According to the post on the SGRV ADMIN Facebook page, the accident occurred on 8 May at 7.18pm.

It involved a car driving into the tunnel on Merchant Road towards the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE). Heavy downpours that night left the roads wet with rainwater.

All seemed normal at first, with the camcar following a motorcycle and a silver Toyota Corolla.

The two vehicles ahead vanished around a left bend. Suddenly, the sound of a loud bang emanated from beyond the curve, followed by screeching tyres.

Subsequently, a second, louder bang and more screeching could be heard.

Single-lane tunnel gets blocked by car accident

As the camcar rounded the bend, the driver spotted the silver Toyota now perpendicular to the road, blocking the sole lane.

Its bumper had suffered serious damage from a collision with the right side of the tunnel, and white smoke drifted from the vehicle.

The impact also set off the car’s airbag.

The male driver and a female passenger in the back managed to alight from the vehicle, with the woman bringing her belongings to the side of the road.

As the video ended, the motorcyclist seemingly attempted to squeeze past the blockage.

Netizens speculate car skidded on wet road

On Facebook, a netizen suggested that two bangs meant the car skidded on the wet road, crashed into the left side, and turned perpendicular before crashing into the right side.

One commenter said that the driver should move his car to be considerate and not cause a long traffic jam.

However, another user pointed out that the impact had deployed the airbag and it is not recommended to drive a vehicle after airbag deployment.

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Featured image adapted from SGRV ADMIN on Facebook.