SINGAPORE : Ten soldiers were injured in a training accident on
Pulau Telong on Wednesday morning when the five-tonne truck they
were in landed on its side.
Two soldiers, a National Serviceman and a regular, were evacuated
by helicopter to Singapore General Hospital with fractures and
facial injuries.
The other eight, who suffered minor abrasions, were given
outpatient treatment on the island.
It is believed the truck hit a tree as it was transporting
stores.
The two soldiers arrived at SGH at about 8.40 am, just over an hour
after the accident occurred on Pulau Tekong at 7.20 am.
One of them, Goh Ling Pin, was transferred to intensive care in the
Neuroscience Unit.
The other soldier, Huang Zong Wei, was in a High Dependency
Unit.
Channel NewsAsia understands he suffered from injuries to his face
and hands, with stitches to his lips; his neck is in a brace.
Concerned family members gathered at the Singapore General Hospital
after hearing about the accident.
Parents of 20-year-old Huang say he is the youngest of three
children and has been in the army for over a year.
They say he was attached to Lim Chu Kang Camp but had gone to Pulau
Tekong for some training.
Mindef says both the men are in a stable condition, and it is
conducting an investigation into the incident. - CNA
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Good luck and Rest Well !
Should have been more careful lar!
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