SINGAPORE: A passenger of a lorry died and another 16 passengers were taken to a hospital after an accident on Tuesday morning.The lorry had collided with a stationary tipper truck along the Pan Island Expressway towards Changi Airport at the Jalan Bahar exit, said the police.The driver of the lorry has been arrested for careless driving causing death.
Seventeen lorry passengers - two of whom were unconscious - were taken to the hospital. A 33-year-old passenger later died from his injuries.AdvertisementCNA reader Thomas Oh, who was at the scene, said he saw some workers sitting by the road shoulder and some inside the lorry, waiting for help. Some of the injured appeared to be bleeding and had head injuries. Some were"screaming in pain", he said.
A screengrab of a video of an accident involving a lorry and a stationary tipper truck along the PIE on Apr 20, 2021. This story came from a reader tip-off. If you would like to send in photos or videos of something newsworthy, WhatsApp our Mediacorp news hotline at +65 8218 8281 or message us on
Have you seen expressways from 0600-0800 where most drivers know that there are no enforcement on the road except the static unmanned cameras.
When is the government stopping this ridiculous law of allowing 16 people to sit unprotected in the back of a lorry on a highway?
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