Taxi gets splashed with black oil after accident along Jurong Town Hall Road

An unfortunate cabby had oil splattered on his taxi after an oil spill along Jurong Town Hall Road on Monday morning (Jan 19).

Stomper Watson alerted Stomp to the incident and shared photos of the affected taxi.

A video showed black oil on the road near a crane that was stationery in the left lane.

A fire engine and police vehicle were at the scene as well.

Stomp understands that police were on site to redirect traffic so that no other vehicles would encounter the same fate.

The Land Transport Authority sent out a tweet at 8.29am that an accident had happened along Jurong Town Hall Road near the Jurong East Avenue 1 junction.

Accident on Jurong Town Hall Road near Jurong East Avenue 1/Jurong Town Hall Road Junction

— LTATrafficNews (@LTAtrafficnews) June 19, 2023

In an update at 1.48pm, motorists were advised to avoid the left lane.

Accident on Jurong Town Hall Road (towards Boon Lay Way) after Jurong East Avenue 1. Avoid left lane

— LTATrafficNews (@LTAtrafficnews) June 19, 2023