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 The Straits Time s, 25 Feb 2021 Accident between a lorry carrying workers and a bus on the PIE on Feb 25, 2021. ST PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID Ng Keng Gene  and  Timothy David SINGAPORE - An accident involving a lorry and a bus on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) on Thursday morning (Feb 25) left 12 people injured and caused a major jam during the morning peak hou A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman told The Straits Times they received a call for assistance about the accident along the PIE towards Tuas at the Jalan Bahar exit at about 8am. A police spokesman said the 75-year-old male lorry driver and his 11 passengers, aged between 22 and 39, were conscious when taken to the hospital. Police investigations are ongoing. The Land Transport Authority had warned motorists in a tweet about road congestion up to the Kranji Expressway. At the hospital, a worker who was in the lorry told ST he and his colleagues tumbled over one another after the collision. He sai...

TWC2 website:http://twc2.org.sg/2014/02/12/naidu-shared-a-truck-with-machinery-his-hand-paid-the-price/ By Joyce Wong 28 June 2013.  Morning. Although he had reported to work, Ravada Gouru Naidu felt a headache coming on, and his supervisor allowed him to go back to the dormitory to rest.  He could get a ride back on the company lorry, but since the cab was fully occupied by two other workers and the driver, Naidu climbed onto the back of the vehicle. A ‘mega rotor’ was already on the lorry. Resting on a pallet-like stand, it took up most of the centre space. Naidu made himself comfortable in a corner and off they went. About three to four kilometres into the journey, the lorry made a U-turn.  The rotor suddenly rolled off its stand; the stand also shifted.  Neither the rotor nor its stand had been tied down!  Within a split-second, the heavy equipment brushed against Naidu’s chest, then crashed against his left wrist.  Instantly, he felt ...

TNP, Khairullah Jumala | Friday, Jan 03, 2014       SINGAPORE - For about 6km, Changi Coast Road runs long and generally straight with a speed limit of just 70kmh. Yet it has been the scene of some horrific accidents. On Wednesday, a crash between a lorry and a Mercedes-Benz car at about 4.30pm left five Indian workers with broken bones and other injuries. Passing motorists were horrified to find the workers lying on the side of the road bleeding from their wounds. The New Paper approached the driver of the car, but he declined to be interviewed, saying he was still in shock. Security executive Khairullah Jumala, 26, was in his car with his fiancée when the crash occurred. He was in the front-passenger seat while his fiancée drove, and their car was some distance behind the two vehicles involved in the crash. Mr Khairullah recounted: "The car was in the right lane and the lorry on the left. It seemed as if the lorry was trying to overtak...

 Number of notices issued on the rise, but other violations have fallen: LTA ST, Published on Oct 26, 2013 KEEPING TO THE LIMIT: While most lorry loads keep within the designated passenger loads, an increasing number are violating the maximum limit. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG GOING DOWN: Unsafe practices, such as these workers sitting atop a pile of cargo on a lorry (above) in 2009, have dipped since new laws were passed. -- ST FILE PHOTO By Jalelah Abu Baker   THE number of lorry drivers caught carrying too many workers on their vehicles is on the rise, going by latest figures provided by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). There were 559 notices issued to drivers for carrying too many passengers on lorry load decks for the first eight months of this year alone, surpassing the number of notices issued for the whole of last year. There were 429 notices issued last year, a jump of more than eight times from the 51 in 2011. Since September last yea...

ST, Published on Oct 17, 2013  By Daryl Chin And Maryam Mokhtar A TOTAL of 16 men were taken to two hospitals after an accident along the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) between a car and a lorry last night. The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted to the accident, which happened before the Jurong Town Hall exit in the direction of the city, at 8.56pm. The first of four ambulances arrived within five minutes after receiving the call, and no critical injuries were observed on site, an SCDF spokesman said. Of the 16 casualties, four were taken to the National University Hospital, and the rest to Alexandra Hospital. All of them were conscious when they left the scene, the spokesman added. The Straits Times understands that most of the men injured are workers travelling in the lorry. One of the workers, who was taken to Alexandra Hospital, said they were being ferried home after work when the accident happened. Just last month, 17 people were...

ST,  Published on Oct 18, 2013 The driver of the SUV involved in Wednesday night's accident on the AYE is reported to be a Mr Tan. He was quoted as saying that the lorry had slowed down without warning and he could not brake in time. As of yesterday, 14 of the 16 injured workers have been discharged from hospital. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE  THE driver of a black sport utility vehicle (SUV) that rear-ended a lorry on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Wednesday night has been arrested for drink driving, the police said yesterday. The accident, which happened just before the Jurong Town Hall exit, left 16 men who were in the lorry injured. They were all workers from Hypex Engineering, which was ferrying 20 of them back to their dormitory in Jurong. Mr Ng Cheow Teck, the company's operations manager, said the black SUV had collided with the right rear side of the lorry, which caused it to skid and turn over. While the workers at the back of ...

ST, Published on Sep 13, 2013 In yesterday's accident, a bus (above) ferrying 60 passengers from Johor Baru was said to have skidded and hit a lorry carrying 16 foreign workers, which in turn crashed into another bus. The accident occurred on the AYE, near Jurong Town Hall Road. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI    SEVENTEEN people were injured yesterday morning after a lorry was involved in collisions with two private buses on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE). It is understood that one of the buses skidded, then rammed into the side of the lorry before the Jurong Town Hall Road exit at around 8am. The impact caused the lorry to swerve and hit the back of the other bus, which was not carrying any passengers. Two of the four lanes had to be closed to traffic, causing a jam. The first bus was ferrying about 60 passengers from Johor Baru to Jurong East, while the lorry was taking 16 f...