SINGAPORE: Following an accident involving a Tower Transit bus and trailer truck near Sim Lim Tower in Jalan Besar on June 6, four bus passengers, including a 93-year-old and a pedestrian, were transported to the hospital.
The accident at the Jalan Besar and Ophir Road intersection was reported to the police at approximately 1:45 p.m. Five people, according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force, were admitted to Raffles Hospital.
The Land Transport Authority announced on X at 1:50 p.m. that Ophir Road, after Sungei Road, was closed due to the accident.
Tower Transit reported on Facebook at 3:14 p.m. that bus service 857 was involved in the incident and that services 980 and 857 could experience delays of up to thirty minutes.
In a 17-second video, the left side of a traveling green bus collides with rebars fastened to the bed of a trailer truck.
The bus tilts to the right as the reinforcing steel rods, or rebars, appear to be breaking through the windows. As the bus continues, the rebars are dragged off the trailer truck’s bed.
The bus’s left side is harmed, and some of the glass panels on its windows and doors appear to have broken.
It looks like a rebar is stuck on the bus’s left side, directly above the back doors.
Tower Transit said in response to questions from The Straits Times: “We are following up with the passengers and their families to assist four passengers and a pedestrian were transported to the hospital.
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