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JUST 15 minutes after the 19 full-time national
servicemen (NSFs) got off the bus, it exploded.
The driver of the CNG-fuelled bus died from
complications arising from his burns four days later, the coroner’s
inquiry into his death in the August 2010 incident heard on
Wednesday.
Mr Chan Beng San, 56, had picked up the group of NSFs
from Jurong Camp 1 at 6.45am on Aug 13, 2010. He drove to the
Poyang Range at Old Lim Chu Kang Road and the group alighted at
7.05am.
About 15 minutes later, the group, which had left some
items behind in the bus, called Mr Chan’s mobile phone.
It was answered by someone in a panicked state who told
them that the bus had exploded.
