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A delivery rider was admitted to an intensive care unit in hospital after colliding into a lorry on Nov 13 evening.<\/p>\n
The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force told AsiaOne they were alerted to the accident along Commonwealth Drive at about 7.30pm.<\/p>\n
Besides severe abrasions all over his body, Shin Min Daily News reported that the crash left the 47-year-old motorcyclist with injuries to his kidneys and a deep wound on his left forehead that exposed the bone.<\/p>\n
His wife, who only gave her name as Chen, told Shin Min Daily News that her husband\u2019s injuries were serious but not life-threatening.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old said that she knew about the accident after contacting the nearest hospital after her husband was uncontactable overnight.<\/p>\n
Chen added that she immediately took leave from work and went to National University Hospital.<\/p>\n
Shin Min reported that the delivery rider has undergone an MRI scan and would require further examination to determine the extent of his injuries.<\/p>\n
He is also awaiting stitches and surgery.<\/p>\n
She added that her husband does not know how the accident happened.<\/p>\n
“He had just been transferred from the ICU to a regular ward,” said Chen. “Fortunately, his life is not in danger. But it will take at least one or two months to recover.”<\/p>\n
The police told AsiaOne that a 25-year-old lorry driver is assisting with investigations which are ongoing.<\/p>\n
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