The heavy vehicle lane heading towards Singapore was closed for more than four hours after the accident.
Share via E-Mail Bookmark SINGAPORE: One person died and 16 were injured after a bus collided into a railing near Tuas Checkpoint as it was travelling from Malaysia to Singapore early on Tuesday morning . Two of the passengers on the bus, both women, were found at the foot of a flyover connecting to the checkpoint, according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force . One woman, a 35-year-old, was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was seriously injured.
SCDF said it responded to the accident at 501 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim at 4.25am. It initially said the 16 injured were taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and National University Hospital, but later revised the number to 12, including the bus driver. Four passengers on the bus had minor injuries and declined to be taken to hospital, SCDF said. ICA first alerted motorists to the accident in a Facebook post at 5.20am.
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