EIGHT bus passengers were sent to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital
(TTSH) on Tuesday morning after the SBS bus they were in collided
with another off-service SBS bus on the Pan-Island Expressway
(PIE).
It is understood that one of the buses crashed into the back of
the bus in front of it near the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE)
exit.
The off-service bus was headed to Boon Lay while the other - SBS
Bus Service 5 - was on its way to Bukit Merah when the collision
happened.
The passengers complained of pains in their heads and backs, and
were conveyed conscious to TTSH.
The bus drivers escaped unhurt, and their buses were towed away
from the scene of the accident about one and a half hours
later.
An SBS Transit spokesman apologised for the accident and said
that they were in touch with the injured passengers.
'Our immediate focus is the injured and our team was at the
hospital rendering assistance where needed. Thankfully none of the
passengers were seriously injured,' she said.
-- ST
