Rider, 57, killed in accident with minibus on PIE, driver arrested for careless driving
Farah Daley
Posted on 15 March 2021 | 18,124 views | 15 comments
This story was submitted via Stomp App contribution.
A 57-year-old motorcyclist was killed in an accident with a minibus along the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) towards Tuas, before the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) exit on Saturday morning (Mar 13).
The 38-year-old driver of the minibus was arrested for careless driving causing death, the police told Stomp in a statement.
Stomper Hanimanja alerted Stomp to the incident and shared a video she took as she was passing by.
In the video, police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) vehicles and officers are at the scene.
A body is covered with a white sheet in front of a minivan.
In response to a Stomp query, the police said they were alerted to the incident at 6.43am.
"The 57-year-old male motorcyclist was pronounced dead at scene by a paramedic," a police spokesman said.
"The 38-year-old male driver was arrested for careless driving causing death."
An SCDF spokesman told The Straits Times a man was trapped under the vehicle and SCDF used lifting tools to rescue him.
But he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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