{"id":98105,"date":"2026-11-07T16:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98105"},"modified":"2026-11-07T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:00:59","slug":"elderly-driver-crashes-into-bus-stop-bollard-in-katong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98105","title":{"rendered":"Elderly driver crashes into bus stop bollard in Katong"},"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 An <!-- -->81-year-old woman<!-- --> is assisting with ongoing police investigations after the car she was driving skidded and crashed into a bollard that protects a bus stop on <!-- -->Nov 6.<\/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 Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident <!-- -->in Amber Road<!-- -->,<!-- --> <!-- -->in the direction of Haig Road, at about <!-- -->3pm<!-- --> that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The driver and her 42-year-old passenger were taken to Raffles Hospital while conscious, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In photos of the accident shared on the SGRV FRONT MAN Facebook page, a sedan  is seen mounted on a kerb with its front crushed against a bollard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A handful of people are seen at the bus stop, close to where the car is stationary with its passenger-side door open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In one shot, what appears to be a stretcher and the back of an ambulance are also seen in front of the car, while vehicles in traffic are lined up along the lane next to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In its<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\"> mid-year road traffic statistics released on Aug 28<\/span><\/a>, the Traffic Police said the number of road traffic accidents and casualties in the first half of 2026 continued to show an upward trend over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries increased from 3,748 in the first half of 2025 to 3,869 in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Injuries rose from 4,894 in the first half of 2025 to 5,090 during the same period in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/elderly-driver-passenger-taken-to-hospital-after-car-crashes-into-bus-stop-bollard-in-katong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 An 81-year-old woman is assisting with ongoing police investigations after the car she was driving skidded and crashed into a bollard that 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