4 taken to hospital after accident involving 2 cars, taxi and bus at Sims Avenue
Cherlynn Ng
Posted on 20 August 2019 | 12,322 views | 61 comments
Three men, two of whom are elderly, and a woman were taken to hospital after a four-vehicle accident in Geylang on Monday evening (Aug 19).
In response to a Stomp query, the police said they were alerted to an accident involving two cars, a taxi and a bus along Sims Avenue, towards Sims Avenue East, at 7.06pm.
The four injured people are:
Facebook page SG Road Vigilante posted a video showing how the chain collision happened and photos of the accident's aftermath.
In the video, a BMW can be seen hitting an SBS Transit bus that was on the leftmost lane and continuing on its way. It then crashed into a Silvercab taxi and another car.
According to Lianhe Zaobao, the accident resulted in the closure of three lanes and also caused a traffic jam.
Police investigations are ongoing.
View more images in the gallery.
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The taxi driver, a 66-year-old man
- A taxi passenger, a 32-year-old woman
- A taxi passenger, an 87-year-old man
- One of the car drivers, a 30-year-old man, who was trapped in his vehicle and rescued by the Singapore Civil Defence Force
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