{"id":97569,"date":"2026-11-04T19:25:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T11:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97569"},"modified":"2026-11-04T19:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T11:25:59","slug":"tp-officer-among-3-taken-to-hospital-in-pie-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97569","title":{"rendered":"TP officer among 3 taken to hospital in PIE crash"},"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 Three people, including a Traffic Police (TP) officer, were taken to hospital after a multi-vehicle accident <!-- -->on the PIE<!-- --> on <!-- -->Nov 4<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to an accident <!-- -->on the PIE towards Tuas before the Eng Neo Avenue exit<!-- --> at about <!-- -->7.10am<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Two cars and two motorcycles were involved in the accident, <!-- -->they said<!-- -->, adding that one of the vehicles was a TP motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A<!-- --> 26-year-old male TP <!-- -->outrider<!-- -->, a 28-year-old female motorcyclist and a 20-year-old male car passenger<!-- --> were taken conscious to the hospital, said the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SCDF said it took two people to <!-- -->the <!-- -->National University Hospital<!-- --> and one person to <!-- -->Ng Teng Fong Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a video circulating on Facebook <!-- -->on <!-- -->Nov 4<!-- -->,<!-- --> the TP officer can be seen travelling <!-- -->along the first lane of the expressway<!-- --> before colliding <!-- -->with the back of a<!-- --> car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A photo at the end of the video <!-- -->shows<!-- --> some scratches and <!-- -->damage<!-- --> at the front of the TP motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Land Transport Authority (LTA), which alerted motorists to the accident in a post on X at about <!-- -->7.30am<!-- -->, said there was congestion on the expressway till Stevens.<!-- --> Motorists were advised to avoid lanes 1 and 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a <!-- -->later<!-- --> update, LTA said the congestion was till <!-- -->Thomson Road<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The number of accidents involving motorcyclists<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/more-road-accidents-injuries-in-first-half-of-2026-even-as-fatalities-fall-traffic-police?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\"> increased from <\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/more-road-accidents-injuries-in-first-half-of-2026-even-as-fatalities-fall-traffic-police?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\">2,096<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/more-road-accidents-injuries-in-first-half-of-2026-even-as-fatalities-fall-traffic-police?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\"> in the first half of 2025 to <\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/more-road-accidents-injuries-in-first-half-of-2026-even-as-fatalities-fall-traffic-police?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\">2,186<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/more-road-accidents-injuries-in-first-half-of-2026-even-as-fatalities-fall-traffic-police?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\"> in the first half of 2026<\/span><\/a>, said <!-- -->TP<!-- --> in their mid-year road traffic statistics released on Aug 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The number of injuries, meanwhile, rose from<!-- --> 2,335 in the first half of 2025 to 2,470 in the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Motorcyclists and pillion riders were involved in <!-- -->55.6% of all traffic accidents from January to June<!-- -->, and continued to be the largest group of road users involved in fatal accidents, accounting for <!-- -->45.9%<!-- --> of all road deaths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/tp-officer-among-3-taken-to-hospital-after-multi-vehicle-accident-on-pie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Three people, including a Traffic Police (TP) officer, were taken to hospital after a multi-vehicle accident on the PIE on Nov 4. 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