4 arrested after Bukit Timah accident on 6 March involving school bus & car
UPDATE (6 Mar, 2.45pm): Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported that the driver and passengers of the car were arrested. Six people, including two children, were taken to hospital.
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An accident involving a school bus at Bukit Timah on Wednesday (6 March) morning caused a car to go up in flames.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it was alerted to a fire at about 6.20am.
The collision’s impact had also caused the front of the school bus to turn into a wreck.
Traffic was disrupted along the stretch of road as SCDF and Singapore Police Force (SPF) worked to marshal traffic and clear the road of debris.
School bus and car collide in Bukit Timah accident on 6 Mar
The accident took place in the morning outside the RoyalGreen Condominium in Anamalai Avenue in Bukit Timah, The Straits Times (ST) reported.
Along with the school bus wreckage, footage showed various items such as school files and a pink bottle scattered across the road.
Source: Reddit
Additionally, the white school bus was missing both its front wheels.
However, no students could be seen in the video. Footage also showed that a car had caught fire.
Source: Reddit
According to an eyewitness who spoke to Channel NewsAsia (CNA), several primary school students were ushered out of the bus following the accident.
Lanes closed on Bukit Timah Road, traffic affected
Two out of three lanes in Bukit Timah Road were closed off in the accident’s aftermath, ST reported.
A ROADS.sg video showed that the fire had been extinguished, while firefighters stood close by.
Source: ROADS.sg on Facebook
Traffic marshals could also be seen on the road. Behind, a lamp post had fallen.
Police cars and an ambulance were parked near the fallen tree.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) posted about an accident on Bukit Timah Road (towards Woodlands) after Sixth Avenue on X at about 8.45am.
The traffic congestion reportedly stretched to Kheam Hock Road.
Meanwhile, at around 8.57am, SBS Transit also posted on Facebook informing commuters of bus delays.
Services 74, 151, 154, 156, 157, 170, 174, and 852 were affected along Bukit Timah Road (towards Clementi Road) due to an accident.
Six peeople taken to hospital
In response to MS News’ queries, the SCDF was alerted to a fire involving a car near the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Maple Avenue at about 6.20am.
The SCDF extinguished the fire using a water jet.
Meanwhile, six persons had been conveyed to National University Hospital (NUH). According to CNA, two children aged eight and nine from the school bus were among them.
The other four were the car driver and three passengers. All six were conscious.
Another person was assessed for minor injuries but declined to be sent to the hospital.
CNA also reported that the police arrested the 26-year-old male driver of the car for “failing to provide [a] breath specimen”.
His three passengers — two men and a woman — were also arrested for traffic-related offences.
Police investigations into the incident are ongoing.
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