3 dead in PIE accident
The following article was published online in the Straits Times on 22 June 2010.
3 dead in PIE accident
By Ted Chen and Bryan Toh
Straits Times
Jun 22, 2010
Reproduced photo caption: A motorvehicle accident involving a lorry left two casualties and 15 injured at Jalan Toa Payoh flyover to Changi Airport. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
PHOTO CREDIT: STRAITS TIMES
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.
Lorry was overcrowded
LORRY MEANT FOR 13 PASSENGERS
DESPITE new measures implemented by Land Transport Authority (LTA) in January to improve passenger safety in lorries, rules continue to be ignored.
On the 10-foot Toyota Dyna, 17 people were in the lorry meant to sit only 13 at the back.
Under LTA guidelines, if lorries exceed less than 25 per cent of its allocated capacity, a fine of $500 will be imposed, and if they exceed 25 per cent, the violator will be prosecuted in court, which could lead to a maximum jail term of six months.
3 dead in PIE accident
By Ted Chen and Bryan Toh
Straits Times
Jun 22, 2010
Reproduced photo caption: A motorvehicle accident involving a lorry left two casualties and 15 injured at Jalan Toa Payoh flyover to Changi Airport. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
PHOTO CREDIT: STRAITS TIMES 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.
Lorry was overcrowded
LORRY MEANT FOR 13 PASSENGERS
DESPITE new measures implemented by Land Transport Authority (LTA) in January to improve passenger safety in lorries, rules continue to be ignored.
On the 10-foot Toyota Dyna, 17 people were in the lorry meant to sit only 13 at the back.
Under LTA guidelines, if lorries exceed less than 25 per cent of its allocated capacity, a fine of $500 will be imposed, and if they exceed 25 per cent, the violator will be prosecuted in court, which could lead to a maximum jail term of six months.
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