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Car dangerously switches lanes and crashes into another vehicle along CTE

Car crashes into another vehicle after dangerously switching lanes along CTE

On Sunday (18 Aug), the Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road Facebook page posted a video of an accident involving two vehicles along the Central Expressway (CTE).

According to the page, the incident occurred along the CTE towards the Seletar Expressway (SLE) at around 8.04am on Sunday (18 Aug).

Dashcam footage from another vehicle showed a black car dangerously switching lanes and speedily passing other motorists along the expressway.

Source: Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road on Facebook

One sent to hospital after collision

In an attempt to switch from the furthest right lane to the left side of the expressway, the car cut in front of another vehicle and seemingly hit a white car in the furthest left lane.

Source: Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road on Facebook

The collision caused the white car to spin out of control and crash into a road barrier before stopping at a horizontal angle.

Source: Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road on Facebook

Other motorists, including a hearse carrying a casket, then weaved their way past the damaged car, after which the clip ended.

Source: Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road on Facebook

In response to queries from MS News, both the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) stated it was alerted to the collision that same morning.

One person, a 41-year-old male passenger, was conveyed in a conscious state to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Netizens outraged by reckless driving

After watching the clip, many took to the comments to call out the driver for their careless driving.

 

Source: Facebook

Others noted that the driver was “playing games” in front of the hearse travelling in the same direction.

Source: Facebook

Overall, many Facebook users were outraged by the driver’s reckless behaviour and called for a “ban” on their license.

Source: Facebook

Police investigations are currently ongoing.

Also read: Car rear-ended by lorry after changing lanes and abruptly stopping along West Coast Road

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Featured image adapted from Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road on Facebook

Dhanya Vimalan

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