SINGAPORE: Three people were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital after a bus hit a taxi stand at Yishun MRT station on Saturday afternoon (Nov 6), said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
It received a call for assistance on Yishun Avenue 2 at about 1pm.
"Upon SCDF's arrival, a passenger bus was seen to have impacted against a taxi stand shelter and the shelter had partially collapsed," SCDF said.
"No one was trapped in the passenger bus."
Tower Transit in a Facebook post that the bus captain has been suspended.
According to the transport operator, a bus plying service 969 "hit a taxi stand along Yishun Avenue 2 shortly after 1pm today".
"We are in the process of getting in touch with the injured and their families and assisting the authorities with an investigation," said Tower Transit.
"To those affected in any way by the accident, we’re very sorry."
This image from dashcam footage shows the site of the incident in Yishun on Nov 6, 2021.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said the 63-year-old male driver and two female pedestrians, 60 and 64, were conscious when taken to hospital.
"Police investigations are ongoing," added SPF.
Mr Raju Thenashkumar, who was driving past the area, told CNA he heard a sound "like breaking some biscuits". He saw a bus and "a two-storey high shelter which just came down".
He pulled over and saw a woman who was conscious but seemed to be in shock.
"One side of the roof was still stuck with the bus," said Mr Thenashkumar, adding that he told the bus driver not to reverse for fear that it would cause the whole shelter to collapse.
Five or six passers-by called the ambulance.
He drove off after about five minutes and saw an ambulance on the way.
Workers were seen at the scene of the incident on Nov 6, 2021. (Photo: Lakeisha Leo)
Workers and Singapore Civil Defence Force officers at the scene of the incident on Nov 6, 2021. (Photo: Lakeisha Leo)
When CNA visited the area at about 2.45pm, workers could be seen preparing to remove the the fallen shelter with a lorry crane.
SCDF officers were also attending to the incident.
CNA has contacted the Land Transport Authority for more information.
A photo by a CNA reader shows a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station.
A view of a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station. (Photo: Watson Wong)
A view of a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station. (Photo: Watson Wong)
A view of a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station. (Photo: Teo Hock Seng)
A view of a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station. (Photo: Watson Wong)
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It received a call for assistance on Yishun Avenue 2 at about 1pm.
"Upon SCDF's arrival, a passenger bus was seen to have impacted against a taxi stand shelter and the shelter had partially collapsed," SCDF said.
"No one was trapped in the passenger bus."
Tower Transit in a Facebook post that the bus captain has been suspended.
According to the transport operator, a bus plying service 969 "hit a taxi stand along Yishun Avenue 2 shortly after 1pm today".
"We are in the process of getting in touch with the injured and their families and assisting the authorities with an investigation," said Tower Transit.
"To those affected in any way by the accident, we’re very sorry."
This image from dashcam footage shows the site of the incident in Yishun on Nov 6, 2021.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said the 63-year-old male driver and two female pedestrians, 60 and 64, were conscious when taken to hospital.
"Police investigations are ongoing," added SPF.
Mr Raju Thenashkumar, who was driving past the area, told CNA he heard a sound "like breaking some biscuits". He saw a bus and "a two-storey high shelter which just came down".
He pulled over and saw a woman who was conscious but seemed to be in shock.
"One side of the roof was still stuck with the bus," said Mr Thenashkumar, adding that he told the bus driver not to reverse for fear that it would cause the whole shelter to collapse.
Five or six passers-by called the ambulance.
He drove off after about five minutes and saw an ambulance on the way.
Workers were seen at the scene of the incident on Nov 6, 2021. (Photo: Lakeisha Leo)
Workers and Singapore Civil Defence Force officers at the scene of the incident on Nov 6, 2021. (Photo: Lakeisha Leo)
When CNA visited the area at about 2.45pm, workers could be seen preparing to remove the the fallen shelter with a lorry crane.
SCDF officers were also attending to the incident.
CNA has contacted the Land Transport Authority for more information.
A photo by a CNA reader shows a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station.
A view of a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station. (Photo: Watson Wong)
A view of a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station. (Photo: Watson Wong)
A view of a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station. (Photo: Teo Hock Seng)
A view of a partially collapsed shelter at a taxi stand near Yishun MRT station. (Photo: Watson Wong)
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