A pedestrian was reportedly sent to the hospital after being knocked down by a motorcycle on the Woodlands Causeway on Friday (15 Aug).
Images posted by netizens in a Facebook group for Singapore-Johor border crossers showed the man lying motionless on the road.
In one of the photos, blood is seen oozing out from his mouth and ears.
Source: JX Towing via 柔新关卡Both Checkpoint 分享站 on Facebook
Several netizens claimed that the man was walking across the Causeway when he was hit by a motorcycle.
Another photo showed the man lying across a lane for motorcycles closer to the Johor side of the border.
Source: Jack Lee Poh Seong via 柔新关卡Both Checkpoint 分享站 on Facebook
This caused a bottleneck on the road as motorcycles had to avoid him.
Source: Jack Lee Poh Seong via 柔新关卡Both Checkpoint 分享站 on Facebook
Later, police officers were seen at the scene, attending to the injured man.
Source: Foong Yong via 柔新关卡Both Checkpoint 分享站 on Facebook
An ambulance was also seen arriving at the scene.
Source: Gerrard Tam via 柔新关卡Both Checkpoint 分享站 on Facebook
By the time the ambulance arrived, there was a large crowd of motorcyclists trying to squeeze into one lane leading to the customs checkpoint on the Johor side.
Source: ジャコ 紀馬 via 柔新关卡Both Checkpoint 分享站 on Facebook
At about 5.50pm on Friday (15 Aug), Singapore’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) shared an advisory, saying that the accident had occurred in the direction of Johor and had caused one out of three lanes to be blocked.
It advised motorists departing Singapore via Woodlands to expect delays.
Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority on Facebook
However, it updated just 45 minutes later at 6.35pm, saying that the accident had been cleared.
Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority on Facebook
A purported photo of the man’s identity card and driving licence posted online showed that he is a Malaysian surnamed Gan who lives in Taiping, Perak.
Netizens have said that several pedestrians choose to cross the Causeway on foot due to long queues for cross-border buses.
Source: Vignash Asokan via 柔新关卡Both Checkpoint 分享站 on Facebook
At 5.35pm on Friday, a user reported that the queue for buses was so long that it had reached the immigration autogates.
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Featured image adapted from JX Towing and Jack Lee Poh Seong via 柔新关卡Both Checkpoint 分享站 on Facebook and Facebook.