Bus driver fined after accident with lorry on BKE landed 18 passengers in hospital

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SINGAPORE - A bus driver ferrying 33 passengers failed to keep a proper lookout and rammed into a slow-moving lorry along the Bukit Timah Expressway .

As a result, 18 passengers were taken to hospital, including an elderly woman who fractured her spine and an eight-year-old boy who fractured his finger.

At the time of the accident, the weather was fine, road surface was dry and traffic was light, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Gladys Lim. Through his rear-view mirror, the lorry driver saw the bus approaching from behind at a fast speed. Moments later, the bus crashed into the lorry.DPP Lim said:" failed to keep a proper look out when travelling straight ahead and thus failed to slow down in time. He thus collided into the lorry travelling ahead of him."

A medical report stated that the boy fractured his finger and had a cut on his scalp, while the woman fractured her spine and may face persistent pain, although it will not restrict her functionally.

 

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