A thick pipe was seen lodged in the windscreen of a lorry in Yishun, with the fearsome sight shared in a TikTok video on Friday (21 Feb).
The clip, which has already gained more than 250,000 views, showed the lorry idling before the traffic light of a junction with its emergency lights flickering.
Source: @zulkifli.nordin0 on TikTok
The long metal pipe had pierced through the lorry’s windscreen, close to the driver’s side.
It could have come from the cargo bed of the lorry, which was carrying a few other similar-looking pipes.
Despite the damage, the windscreen didn’t appear to have shattered much, with no glass shards apparent on the road.
Amazingly, the driver didn’t appear to be inside the lorry’s cabin either.
Source: @zulkifli.nordin0 on TikTok
In fact, nobody seemed to be at the scene, with traffic zooming past the lorry without slowing.
The TikTok user panned out to show that the incident took place along Yishun Avenue 8.
Source: @zulkifli.nordin0 on TikTok
Many netizens who viewed the video expressed concern, asking whether the driver or anybody else was hurt.
The user who posted the clip replied that there were no injuries.
Source: @zulkifli.nordin0 on TikTok
Others wondered how the incident happened, to which some speculated that it was the result of the lorry jamming its brakes, causing the pipe to fall forward and pierce its windscreen while the lorry was still moving forward.
Source: @zulkifli.nordin0 on TikTok
One commented that the freak accident was like a plotline in the Final Destination film franchise, where people get killed in unlikely ways.
Source: @zulkifli.nordin0 on TikTok
Predictably, at least one netizen wondered why Yishun was such a newsworthy estate.
Source: @zulkifli.nordin0 on TikTok
The police were not alerted to the accident, reported AsiaOne.
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Featured image adapted from @zulkifli.nordin0 on TikTok.