70-year-old among four taken to hospital after accident involving private ambulance on KJE

Another photo shows a man with a blue face mask lying on the floor of the ambulance, with what appear to be small pieces of shattered glass around him. A grey-haired woman in a red shirt is also seen on the floor, with her legs propped up on a seat in the vehicle.

Grace Ambulance & Services, which operates the private ambulance, told ST that the passengers were on the way from Bethany Nursing Home in Choa Chu Kang to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital for a medical appointment when the accident occurred.

One of them was a patient at the nursing home, accompanied by a medic and a nursing home staff member.

A community first responder identified by Shin Min Daily News as Mr Huang Yunjian said he came across the accident while delivering vegetables to a nearby nursing home and stopped to help.

He was told that an elderly woman on board the ambulance was thrown from her seat from the impact of the collision, but that her condition was not serious.

A male medical worker in the ambulance had several bleeding wounds on his face and was lying on the ground, unable to move, he added.

“After examining him, I suspected he had a fracture, so I first stabilised the injury with a small splint and then applied a simple bandage,” Mr Huang told the Chinese newspaper, adding that rescue personnel arrived at the scene shortly after.

A spokesperson for the ambulance operator said the nursing home patient is still under observation at the hospital, while the three other people have been discharged.

Police investigations are ongoing.