Man, 72, dies after van he was driving crashes onto covered walkway near Redhill MRT Station
SINGAPORE — After the van he was driving seemingly skidded and came to a crashing stop near Redhill MRT Station, a 72-year-old driver ended up being pinned to his seat and later died in hospital.
The scene at a covered walkway near Redhill MRT Station after an accident on March 27, 2023.
SINGAPORE — After the van he was driving seemingly skidded and came to a crashing stop near Redhill MRT Station, a 72-year-old driver ended up being pinned to his seat and later died in hospital.
The police said that they were alerted on Monday (March 27) to the accident at 3.20pm, which involved a van believed to have skidded along 920 Tiong Bahru Road.
Singapore Civil Defence Force officers at the scene found the driver trapped in his seat and rescued him using hydraulic rescue equipment.
The driver was unconscious and taken to Singapore General Hospital, where he later died, the police said.
A clip posted on TikTok by user “Afy Suave” on Monday afternoon shows a silver-coloured van with its windshield shattered.
The crash onto a covered walkway looks to have damaged the nearby railings.
Several police vehicles and a tow truck are also seen at the side of the road.
Another TikTok video posted by "Poe Mu Htwe", lasting close to three minutes, also shows a tow truck trying to extract the van out of the sheltered walkway, attracting onlookers at the traffic junction.
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