{"id":91897,"date":"2026-10-10T22:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91897"},"modified":"2026-10-10T22:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:01:19","slug":"1-taken-to-hospital-after-rolls-royce-byd-accident-near-boat-quay-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91897","title":{"rendered":"1 taken to hospital after Rolls-Royce, BYD accident near Boat Quay, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The drivers of a Rolls-Royce Phantom and BYD Sealion electric vehicle (EV) are now assisting with ongoing police investigations, after an accident near Clarke Quay left a 72-year-old woman injured.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at about 2.40pm on Friday (Oct 9), at the junction of New Bridge Road and Carpenter Street.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs and videos of the incident seen by AsiaOne show the Rolls-Royce with damages to its radiator grille and front bumper.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the passenger doors on the BYD EV&#8217;s left side show crumple damage. Its airbags are also deployed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Rolls-Royce%20BYD%20accident%20Carpenter%20Street.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"5570cecb-8203-4e75-952d-2e07ae01f811\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"The Rolls-Royce Phantom suffered damages to its front bumper and radiator grille, while the BYD had crumple damage on its passenger doors.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"The Rolls-Royce Phantom suffered damages to its front bumper and radiator grille, while the BYD had crumple damage on its passenger doors. PHOTO: Social media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) stated that the 72-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the BYD EV, was taken conscious to the Singapore General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>According to SCDF, two other persons were assessed for minor injuries, but they declined to be taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The police said it is now investigating the drivers of both vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne understands that the Rolls-Royce was driven by a 48-year-old male car driver, while a 76-year-old man was at the wheel of the BYD.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:747279]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/rolls-royce-byd-accident-carpenter-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drivers of a Rolls-Royce Phantom and BYD Sealion electric vehicle (EV) are now assisting with ongoing police investigations, after an accident near Clarke Quay&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91898,"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-91897","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\/91897","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=91897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}