One driver taken to hospital after 5-vehicle accident on slip road of PIE towards TPE

Source: The Straits Times
Author: Michelle Chin

SINGAPORE - A 25-year-old male van driver was taken to hospital on June 19 after an accident involving two vans, two cars and a taxi on the slip road of PIE towards TPE.

The police were alerted to the accident at about 5.30pm that day.

The 25-year-old, who was conscious after the accident, is assisting with investigations, said the police.

In social media footage showing the accident's aftermath, one of the vans is seen flipped on its side.

In Singapore, the number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries increased from 6,779 cases in 2022 to 6,944 in 2023, but remained below the pre-pandemic level of 7,705 cases in 2019, according to the Traffic Police's annual statistics report.