A private Scania bus (PC9969R) rammed into 2 vehicles on the
road shoulder at AYE on Thursday, killing one and another victim's
leg had to be amputated as the bones were badly crushed.
A freak accident on the Ayer Rajah Expressway on Thurday
resulted in the death of one man and the amputation of another
man's leg.
The dead man was Supra Many, 52, a tow truck driver with the
Expressway Monitoring Advisory System service who was responding to
a call for help.
The man who lost his leg, identified as Tan, 33, was there to
help his sister whose car had broken down.
On Thursday night, Tan's sister, 38, was driving along the
expressway in the direction of Tuas when her car broke down just
after the Clementi Avenue 6 exit, reported The Straits
Times.
After stopping at the left road shoulder, she called Tan for
help. He arrived at the scene in his car and they waited along the
road shoulder while Many hooked up her car to tow it away.
At about 8.45pm, Many was done with his task and walked behind
his truck to collect the warning sign he left on the road to alert
oncoming vehicles.
A bus that was traveling down the road barreled into the road
shoulder, ran him over and rammed into his truck. The truck then
smashed into Tan's car, which was parked in front, and the car
moved forward hitting both siblings.
Tan was pinned to the ground by his car and had to be extricated
by the Singapore Civil Defence Force officers. His left leg was
later amputated during an emergency operation as the bones were
badly smashed.
His sister, who was less seriously injured, is still in
hospital.
Many was pronounced dead at the scene at about 9.20 pm.
The bus driver, also injured, has been arrested by the
police.
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