{"id":66408,"date":"2026-07-06T03:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=66408"},"modified":"2026-07-06T03:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:11:46","slug":"lorry-driver-trapped-in-seat-after-chain-collision-on-aye-4-taken-to-hospital-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=66408","title":{"rendered":"Lorry driver trapped in seat after chain collision on AYE, 4 taken to hospital, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A lorry driver who was trapped in his seat after a pile-up involving five heavy vehicles on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Friday (July 3) was freed by rescuers with hydraulic equipment.<\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the accident along AYE towards Tuas before the Benoi Road exit at around 11.15am.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the aftermath showed four lorries and a trailer involved in the chain collision, with a fire engine at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>According to updates on the Land Transport Authority&#8217;s (LTA) X account, traffic congestion stretched to Jurong Pier Road, with motorists advised to avoid Lane 3.<\/p>\n<p>Three male lorry drivers and a trailer driver, aged between 28 and 55, were conveyed conscious to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Another person was assessed for minor injuries but declined to be taken to hospital, said SCDF.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@meraz720\/video\/7658148451242298642\" data-video-id=\"7658148451242298642\">\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@meraz720?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@meraz720\" rel=\"noopener\">@meraz720<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/singapore?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"singapore\" rel=\"noopener\">#singapore<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/accident?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"accident\" rel=\"noopener\">#accident<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7055649975832726277?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde9  BANGLADESH  \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde9\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde9 BANGLADESH \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde9<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[[nid:739610]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:dana.leong@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dana.leong@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/lorry-driver-trapped-chain-collision-aye-traffic-accident-scdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lorry driver who was trapped in his seat after a pile-up involving five heavy vehicles on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Friday (July&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66409,"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-66408","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\/66408","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=66408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}