{"id":70888,"date":"2026-07-23T04:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70888"},"modified":"2026-07-23T04:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:57:13","slug":"pedestrian-dies-after-accident-involving-lorry-in-changi-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70888","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian dies after accident involving lorry in Changi Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 A <!-- -->30<!-- -->-year-old man died after a traffic accident involving a <!-- -->lorry<!-- --> at Changi Village on the night of July <!-- -->20<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The accident, which the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force were alerted to at about <!-- -->10.55pm<!-- --> that day, occurred at the traffic junction of Telok Paku Road <!-- -->and<!-- --> Changi Village Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The <!-- -->pedestrian<!-- --> was taken <!-- -->unconscious<!-- --> to Changi General Hospital, where he later died, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A <!-- -->37<!-- -->-year-old male lorry driver is assisting with police investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Videos of the aftermath of the accident circulating online show police vehicles and officers, and several heavy vehicles at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Road traffic fatalities in Singapore\u00a0<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\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">hit a 10-year high in 2025<\/span><\/a>, with 149 people killed that year, compared with 141 in 2016. There were 142 deaths in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This comes amid an increase in the total number of fatal road traffic accidents, which rose from 139 cases in 2024 to 147 cases in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" 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<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/pedestrian-dies-after-accident-involving-lorry-in-changi-village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A 30-year-old man died after a traffic accident involving a lorry at Changi Village on the night of July 20. 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