Mercedes turns turtle at Serangoon North
The New Paper Friday,
Aug 19, 2011
SINGAPORE - A Mercedes turned turtle in an accident at Serangoon
North on Thursday morning, the second case in a week of a car
flipping over.
Police said they were alerted to the accident - which occurred
along Avenue 1 heading towards Yio Chu Kang Road - at around
7.25am.The
driver was unhurt but a 30-year-old passenger who suffered slight
injuries had to be conveyed to Tan Tock Seng hospital, a
spokesperson told AsiaOne.
Photographs sent in to citizen journalism website Stomp show the
flipped-over Mercedes with its front bonnet resting on the kerb and
its trunk open.
According to the netizen called Gwendolyn, about ten passersby
from nearby blocks came out to help the driver.
Car turns turtle on carpark exit ramp
Just a week before, on Aug 11, a saloon car was spotted in a
turn turtle position on an exit ramp in a multi-storey carpark at
Block 671 Klang Lane.
As the new Honda Civic, which had an SKC licence plate and a
P-plate, was blocking the exit ramp of Deck 1B, other motorists had
to use the remaining ramp for entry and exit.
Eyewitness Jason See, a 24-year-old student, said that the
driver and his female companion appeared unhurt.
The police received a call at 8.20pm about a car that had
overturned, a spokesman said.
The police established on arrival that the car had skidded, and
no injuries were reported.
In an interview with The New Paper, race car driver Melvin Choo,
31, said the driver must have turned the corner sharply at high
speed, causing the wheels to lift, and the car to flip onto its
top.
"Anything between 20kmh and 30kmh is very fast in a multi-storey
carpark," said the Singaporean pro, who competes in Japan's Super
GT championship.
2 cars turn turtle in a week
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