SINGAPORE \u2013 A passenger on a bus was taken to hospital after an accident between two buses in Sembawang on May 27.<\/p>\n
In response to queries from The Straits Times, the police said on June 5 that they were alerted to an incident involving two buses in Sembawang Road towards Upper Thomson Road at 1.25pm that day.<\/p>\n
A 64-year-old male passenger was conscious when taken to hospital, they said.<\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it took a person to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Another person was assessed for minor injuries and declined to be taken to hospital, it added.<\/p>\n
A male bus driver, 55, is assisting with police investigations, the police said.<\/p>\n
Bus operator Tower Transit told ST on June 6 that a service 858\u00a0bus rear-ended a shuttle bus\u00a0in Yishun Ring Road at about 1pm on May 27.\u00a0One passenger on board the service 858 bus reported elbow pain. <\/p>\n
The remaining passengers were transferred to the next 858 bus to continue their journeys, it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A video posted on Facebook page SG Warehouse Sale And Events shows a green bus in contact with the rear of another bus.<\/p>\n
The green bus has a cracked windscreen while the rear of the other bus appears to have significant damage, with its back window shattered and dislodged.<\/p>\n
The Facebook user who posted the video, Jonathan Lim, said he had been sitting at the back of the shuttle bus when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n
According to Lim, the green bus braked suddenly before colliding with the other bus, causing damage to the shuttle bus\u2019 rear mirror and window.<\/p>\n
Lim said he \u201cfortunately covered his head\u201d with both hands when the mirror and window shattered, adding that he could otherwise have been injured.<\/p>\n The impact shattered and dislodged the shuttle bus\u2019 rear window.<\/p>\n PHOTO: JONATHAN LIM\/FACEBOOK<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n According to annual statistics released in February 2026\u00a0by the Traffic Police, the number of\u00a0traffic deaths hit a 10-year high<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in 2025, with\u00a0149\u00a0people killed.<\/p>\n The number of people injured in accidents has also risen \u2013 from 9,342 in 2024 to 9,955 in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 A passenger on a bus was taken to hospital after an accident between two buses in Sembawang on May 27. In response to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58527,"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-58526","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\/58526","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=58526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>
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