{"id":34957,"date":"2026-03-09T22:27:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34957"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:27:37","slug":"singaporean-dies-in-batam-truck-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34957","title":{"rendered":"Singaporean dies in Batam truck accident"},"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 <!-- -->62-year-old Singaporean<!-- --> died on <!-- -->March 4<!-- --> after he was run over by a truck in Batam, Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The accident happened in the afternoon outside <!-- -->Top 100 Jodoh shopping centre<!-- -->, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a video of the accident site that circulated online, two people are seen under the front of a green truck. The bumper of the truck is dented, and a few passers-by can be seen trying to rescue the people trapped underneath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">According to Shin Min Daily News, the Singaporean man worked at a shipping company in Batam. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The newspaper reported that he was riding pillion on a motorcycle when the accident happened. He and the rider were both pulled under the truck\u2019s wheels. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The 62-year-old died at the scene, Shin Min Daily News reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Straits Times understands that the Singapore consulate-general in Batam is in contact with the man\u2019s family to assist them with repatriation of the body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/62-year-old-singaporean-in-batam-run-over-by-truck-in-fatal-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A 62-year-old Singaporean died on March 4 after he was run over by a truck in Batam, Indonesia. The accident happened in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}