26 injured by 4-vehicle chain collision near Woodlands Checkpoint
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the incident at 6.10am, and 26 people were sent to the hospital. Photo: JB Traffic/Facebook
SINGAPORE — Twenty-six people suffered minor injuries after the shuttle bus they were travelling on crashed into the back of a trailer shortly after clearing the Woodlands Checkpoint early on Wednesday (Dec 20) morning.
The bus was ferrying workers from Johor to an electronics plant here. The initial crash, which took place at about 6.10am, led to a four-vehicle chain collision involving another trailer and a car.
The bus driver and 25 of his passengers were taken to three hospitals with what TODAY understands to be minor injuries. Most of them have been discharged.
The passengers in the car and two trailers were not injured, according to the police.
Vehicle parts, including a bumper and two shattered windshields that looked to be from a bus, were strewn on the road shoulder when TODAY arrived at the scene around 11.30am.
The bus had been chartered to send workers of RF360 - a Singapore-based joint venture company between American semiconductor giant Qualcomm and Japanese electronics components maker TDK - to its facility at 166 Kallang Way.
When contacted, a RF360 spokesperson acknowledged that one of its shuttle buses had been involved in an accident, but declined further comment citing ongoing police investigations.
“Our primary concern is the safety of our employees who we are currently assisting,” she said.
