Two dead after lorry overturns
Two men were killed in a traffic accident after the lorry they were in overturned on the Pan-Island Expressway at the Thomson Road exit, towards Changi this morning.
Fifteen others who were in the same vehicle suffered injuries and were
sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
The accident is causing a congestion.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said, officers received a call at
around 7.30am.
They also sent support vehicles including five ambulances, a fire engine
and a red rhino to the scene.
Police are investigating.
-- 938Live
RIP ....
SCDF press release
http://www.scdf.gov.sg/General/News/News_Releases/2010/newsrel_220610.html
Lorry was overcrowded
THREE workers died on Tuesday morning when a lorry carrying excess passengers skidded and overturned on the slip road from PIE towards Thomson Road.
Two died on the spot while another died later at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), where 14 others were sent for treatment of injuries. All 17 are Chinese nationals and work for CREC Construction Pte Ltd.
The lorry skidded and slammed into the metal railings of the divider separating the slip road to Thomson Road and the PIE.
When ambulances arrived at 8.10am, two men were found in a drain along the divider, one of whom was already dead. Most of the vehicle damage was on its left side, with the passenger door smashed in, and windshield and left cargo side railing knocked off. Injured workers said those with more serious injuries had sat towards the left of the vehicle.
Traffic police closed off a lane on the slip road and the left-most lane of PIE, causing a rush-hour traffice jam till the lorry was lifted by two tow trucks at 10.45am.
Eight of the injured who suffered abrasions and simple arm fractures, including the driver, had been discharged from TTSH. Six others were warded, some for trauma and others for minor abrasions, but all are in stable condition.
-- ST
R.I.P
i am not surprised as i saw it in the news.
our Traffic Police has to come down hard on errant goods vehicles drivers. they're going faster and faster now. and if it's a foreign national driving it.... worse.