Accident involving SMRT Buses

[Calford]

hong kong

[Berncsp76]

just saw the news on Ch8. deceased is 19yr old teenager from MY.

 

Driver is from PRC...

[Fcw75]

Yes, it's a Ah Tiong. Joined in Jan 2012.

[Fcw75]

hong kong

 

sure. for minibus only.

[Calford]

no in the main bus too

[Calford]

The law is meant for public light bus (PLB), but even the certain seats in the double decker bus install seat belts too.

 

 

[Zapp]

RIP.

[Atonchia]

oh my oh .......

 

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/one-man-dead--two-injured-after-smrt-bus-overt-040231372.html

 

One man died and two others were injured after an SMRT bus overturned on Dairy Farm Road towards the Bukit Timah Expressway Sunday morning.

 

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call about the incident at 8:57am and found the bus' driver and a male passenger injured, and another male passenger trapped in the bus, a spokesperson said.

 

The trapped passenger was extricated using rescue tools, but was pronounced dead on the scene.

 

The driver and other passenger were sent to National University Hospital in a conscious state, added the spokesperson.

 

The SCDF had sent one fire engine, one red rhino, one ambulance and one support vehicle to the scene.

 

The SMRT bus involved was on bus service 700.

 

An eyewitness who wanted to be known as Rachel told Yahoo! Singapore she was driving along Dairy Farm Road toward the PIE at about 11:10am when she saw four cars and two police vehicles parked on the side of the road.

 

She then saw the bus, which was lying on its right side, but facing oncoming traffic, adding that she also saw a blue tent near the front of the bus.

 

"It was on the wrong side of a two-way expressway turnoff, so it may have turned down the highway, overturned and skidded across the divider from his side of the road all the way to the bushes on the side I was on," she added.

 

In a post on its Facebook page, transport operator SMRT said it is making a full assessment of the situation is working closely with the SCDF and the police on their investigations.

 

"We are deeply saddened by the incident and extend our compassion to family members of the deceased, and will do all we can to assist the injured passengers and their families," the company said.

 

Police investigations into the accident are ongoing.

 

Additional reporting by Jeanette Tan

 

Drove past after the in incident also can be called as eyewitness.

Learn something new from Yahoo

[ATTB]

Apa lagi SMRT mahu??

[Christan]

Yes, it's a Ah Tiong. Joined in Jan 2012.

 

From the reports posted, no mention it was PRC. I remembered some incidents in last few months involving buses, newspapers mentioned those were Singaporean drivers.

[Fcw75]

From the reports posted, no mention it was PRC. I remembered some incidents in last few months involving buses, newspapers mentioned those were Singaporean drivers.

 

Heard it on 630pm Channel 8 news.

[Celicar]

From the reports posted, no mention it was PRC. I remembered some incidents in last few months involving buses, newspapers mentioned those were Singaporean drivers.

News onTV just mentioned.

[Fcw75]

News onTV just mentioned.

 

27 years old ah tiong, joined in Jan 2012, started driving that route since July 2012. Did I remembered correctly?

[Tohto]

27 years old ah tiong, joined in Jan 2012, started driving that route since July 2012. Did I remembered correctly?

 

Yes, that was reported in 10pm news.

[Darthrevan]

just saw the news on Ch8. deceased is 19yr old teenager from MY.

 

Driver is from PRC...

 

if this is true..then it's a case of foreigner killed foreigner

[Lurpsexx]

if this is true..then it's a case of foreigner killed foreigner

 

Let them exterminate themselves all the better... we eat popcorn on roadside and see show...

[Evillusion]

Let them exterminate themselves all the better... we eat popcorn on roadside and see show...

Judging from the picture...roadside also not safe!

[Felipe]

Yes, that was reported in 10pm news.

AT should not be drivers here. different driving side. plus things are more aggressive there than here.