Bras Basah accident involves 6 cars, 3 taxis & 2 buses
Three people have been sent to the hospital after an accident involving 11 vehicles along Bras Basah Road yesterday (5 June).
Photos of the aftermath were posted on the SG Road Vigilante Facebook page, showing several of the vehicles involved in the chain collision.
Source: SGRV FRONT MAN on Facebook
Several vehicles seen damaged after Bras Basah accident
A photo shared on Telegram showed a badly damaged black multi-purpose vehicle on the road outside CHIJMES.
Its bonnet was almost totally crumpled, and its front-right tyre had been dislodged.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
However, a silver hatchback in front that it collided with seemed hardly damaged.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Further up, a yellow ComfortDelGro taxi sustained extensive damage to its left side, with its doors dented and one rear window shattered.
Source: SGRV FRONT MAN on Facebook
A tyre hubcap had also come off.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Another photo showed a black vehicle just before the junction near Victoria Street whose front passenger door had caved in.
Source: SGRV FRONT MAN on Facebook
A grey-coloured multi-purpose vehicle had also mounted the kerb outside the Singapore Management University, according to yet another image.
Source: SGRV FRONT MAN on Facebook
Bras Basah accident caused congestion till Orchard
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) first alerted motorists to the accident via X at 9.48am on Thursday (5 June), advising them to avoid the right lane.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
At 10.11am, it extended the accident area up to Prinsep Street.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
Minutes later, it said the accident had caused congestion till Buyong Road, which is off Orchard Road.
Source: @LTAtrafficnews on X
A netizen on Facebook who was at the scene said “every section” along Bras Basah Road, from outside Carlton Hotel to Hotel Rendezous, had vehicles involved in the accident, causing a massive jam.
Source: Facebook
The wrecked vehicles were not cleared even by 1.45pm, he added.
3 sent to hospital after multi-vehicle accident
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to the accident at about 9.35am on 5 June.
It took place along Bras Basah Road and involved six cars, three taxis and two buses.
Three people were sent to the hospital in a conscious state:
- a 44-year-old male car driver
- his 49-year-old female passenger
- a 58-year-old male taxi driver
The Singapore Civil Defence Force, which was alerted at 9.40am, told MS News that two of the injured were conveyed to Raffles Hospital and the third one was conveyed to the Singapore General Hospital.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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Featured image adapted from SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram.
