{"id":34146,"date":"2026-03-06T22:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34146"},"modified":"2026-03-06T22:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:30:44","slug":"cement-truck-bus-among-4-vehicles-in-accident-on-tanah-merah-coast-road-no-injuries-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34146","title":{"rendered":"Cement truck, bus among 4 vehicles in accident on Tanah Merah Coast Road; no injuries reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 A <!-- -->65-year-old male cement truck driver<!-- --> is assisting with police investigations after an accident involving four vehicles on <!-- -->March 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In response to queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and police said they were alerted to the accident, which happened on <!-- -->Tanah Merah Coast Road towards Aviation Park Road,<!-- --> at about<!-- --> 5.15pm<!-- --> that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The accident involved <!-- -->a car, a bus, a cement truck and a lorry<!-- -->, the police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a video uploaded on Instagram, a bus bearing transport company <!-- -->A&amp;S Transit<!-- -->\u2019s livery is seen crashed into a fallen tree on the central divider. Next to the bus is a cement truck that is stopped in the rightmost lane on the opposite side of the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A trail of damaged foliage and a car are seen behind the bus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">It is unclear whether any passengers were on the bus at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">No injuries were reported and SCDF assistance was not required. Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/road-traffic-fatalities-hit-10-year-high-in-2025-with-149-dead-elderly-deaths-more-than-double?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">annual road traffic statistics for 2025<\/p>\n<p><\/a>, the Traffic Police said traffic deaths hit a <!-- -->10-year high of 149 in 2025, compared with 141 in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The number of injured people also increased from<!-- --> 9,342 in 2024 to 9,955 in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base instagram instagram-embed\" title=\"instagram embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVe8OimivJ-\/embed\/captioned\/?omitscript=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Traffic deaths hit a 10 year high, what\u2019s happening on our roads? | The Usual Place podcast\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pn2nc4lUyHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base podcast aspect-landscape podcast-embed\" title=\"podcast embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-usual-place\/playlists\/the-usual-place\/embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"500\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/cement-truck-bus-among-4-vehicles-in-accident-on-tanah-merah-coast-road-no-injuries-reported\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A 65-year-old male cement truck driver is assisting with police investigations after an accident involving four vehicles on March 4. 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