{"id":83395,"date":"2026-09-09T05:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83395"},"modified":"2026-09-09T05:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:15:56","slug":"trapped-minibus-driver-rescued-after-accident-in-bedok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83395","title":{"rendered":"Trapped minibus driver rescued after accident in Bedok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->A minibus driver had to be freed from his seat after an accident involving <!-- -->his vehicle, a lorry and three cars<!-- --> in Bedok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The 38-year-old man was among the<!-- --> <!-- -->three people taken to hospital<!-- --> following<!-- --> <!-- -->the accident, which occurred <!-- -->near the junction of New Upper Changi Road and Bedok South Avenue 1<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In response to queries from The Straits Times, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the incident at about <!-- -->1.35pm on Sept 7<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">One person was found <!-- -->trapped in the driver\u2019s seat of a bus and was freed using hydraulic rescue tools<!-- -->, SCDF added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A photo of the aftermath, which was posted in the Singapore Road Accident Alerts (Real-time) Facebook group, shows a white minibus that appears to have hit road barriers near a pedestrian crossing. One of its front doors and the front bumper are seen badly damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The three people \u2013 the minibus driver, a 35-year-old car driver and a 31-year-old lorry driver \u2013 were <!-- -->conscious when taken to hospital<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police said that the minibus driver is assisting with ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/trapped-minibus-driver-rescued-after-accident-in-bedok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A minibus driver had to be freed from his seat after an accident involving his vehicle, a lorry and three cars in Bedok&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83396,"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-83395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83395","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=83395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}