Another chain collision has occurred on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE), about half a month after a similar pile-up at the same location.
Like the previous incident, the most recent one also involved six vehicles.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
A video of the accident posted by Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook showed a long line of vehicles stopped along the far left lane of the PIE.
They included a black minibus and three cars that had crashed bumper-to-bumper with one another.
Source: Shin Min Daily News
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), police and EMAS recovery vehicles and officers were also present.
In response to queries by MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to an accident at 2.05pm on 12 Dec.
It involved three cars, one mini-bus, one motorcycle and one lorry, and took place along the PIE in the direction of Tuas.
SCDF, which was alerted at the same time, said it occurred before the Jalan Bahar exit.
At 2.12pm on Thursday (12 Dec), the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA’s) traffic news account on X warned of the accident.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
Motorists were advised to avoid lane 5. This was updated to lanes 3, 4 and 5 in another post minutes later at 2.21pm.
When SCDF arrived, it found one person trapped between a lorry and a motorcycle.
SCDF rescued the person using hydraulic rescue equipment.
An eyewitness named only as Mr Zhang (transliterated from Mandarin), 44, told Shin Min Daily News that a motorcyclist was trapped under a lorry for about 30 minutes.
A photo shared with the paper showed the twisted motorcycle plastered to the front of the lorry, whose windshield was badly cracked.
Source: Shin Min Daily News
What appeared to be bloodstains were seen on the road.
In total, three men aged from 26 to 49 were sent to hospital in a conscious state, SPF said — a car driver, a minibus driver and a motorcyclist.
SCDF said the three men were conveyed to the National University Hospital.
Investigations are ongoing into the incident, SPF added.
On 26 Nov, six vehicles were got into a chain collision along the PIE, also in the direction towards Tuas, before the Jalan Bahar exit.
In that accident, five cars and a van were involved.
Six people — a car driver and his five van passengers — were sent to hospital.
Also read: 6 vehicles involved in chain collision along BKE, 17 people sent to hospital
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Featured image adapted from Shin Min Daily News.
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