Female pillion rider dies on the spot after accident near Woodlands Checkpoint
A female pillion rider has died in an accident along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), the second of two accidents near the Woodlands Checkpoint on the same day.
Footage of the aftermath was posted by a netizen in a Facebook group for Malaysia-Singapore border crossers, showing two lanes of the expressway blocked off due to the accident.
Source: Danny Mak on Facebook
Wrecked motorcycle & man lie on BKE, body seen on road shoulder
In the clip, which had a timestamp of 6.19pm on Saturday (14 June), a wrecked motorcycle could be seen in the middle lane, with paramedics attending to a person lying on the road.
Source: Danny Mak on Facebook
Two cars, one black and one white, were on the far-right lane, with an ambulance farther up. What appeared to be a body covered by a sheet was on the far-left road shoulder.
A video posted by Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook showed a clearer view of the mangled motorcycle.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
A red helmet lay on the road next to it.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
A few feet away lay a man wearing a white long-sleeved top and grey pants, his head being cradled by a paramedic.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
2 cars appeared to have collided with each other
On the far-right lane, the two cars appeared to have collided with each other.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
The white car, particularly, sustained damage to both its front and rear, with one of its tyres dislodged.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
On the road shoulder, a white helmet lay next to the apparent body.
Source: Danny Mak on Facebook
Accident at Woodlands Checkpoint blocks 2 out of 3 lanes
In a Facebook post at 6.20pm on Saturday, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said an accident had occurred at the BKE near Exit 10A leading into Woodlands Checkpoint.
Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority on Facebook
As it was blocking two out of three lanes, travellers planning to leave Singapore via the Causeway should expect delays, it added.
The accident was cleared only more than three hours later at 9.30pm, ICA said in a subsequent update.
Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority on Facebook
45-year-old pillion rider died in accident near Woodlands Checkpoint
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to the accident at about 5.55pm on 14 June.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted at about 6pm, told MS News that it took place along the BKE in the direction of the Woodlands Checkpoint, after the Woodlands Avenue 3 exit, i.e. Exit 10A.
It involved two cars and one motorcycle, SPF added, with a 45-year-old female pillion rider pronounced dead at the scene.
The motorcyclist, who is a 37-year-old man, was sent to the hospital in a conscious state. SCDF said he was conveyed to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
Police investigations are ongoing.
Another motorcyclist got into accident near Woodlands Checkpoint on same day
About 18 hours earlier on the same day, another motorcyclist heading towards the checkpoint was involved in an accident with a car along the BKE.
Images posted by Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook showed the almost destroyed motorcycle lying in the centre of the expressway, behind a yellow car.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
It lay on its side, surrounded by debris.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
A few metres farther up, a man lay injured in the centre lane.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
He was being tended to by a few people.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
The yellow car had stopped behind a queue of several other cars on the far-right lane of the BKE.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
It had also sustained damage, with a large dent in the left side of its rear where a piece of its body had fallen off.
Source: Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook
Motorcyclist sent to the hospital
In response to queries from MS News, the SPF said it was alerted to the accident at about 12.10am on 14 June.
It took place along the BKE in the direction of Woodlands Checkpoint, and involved a car and a motorcycle.
A 27-year-old male motorcyclist was sent to the hospital in a conscious state.
The SCDF, which was alerted at the same time, told MS News that it conveyed him to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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Featured image adapted from Danny Mak on Facebook and Singapore roads accident.com on Facebook.
