Jun 24, 2010
Lorry driver arrested
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The driver, who is believed to be in his early 20s, is currently out on $10,000 bail. --ST FILE PHOTO
<!-- story content : start --> THE driver of the lorry which skidded and overturned just off the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) which resulted the death of three foreign workers has been arrested. Meanwhile, on Wednesday a 24-footer truck carrying 35 workers crashed into a tree along Jurong Port Road reinforcing calls for tougher rules governing the transportation of workers. Fourteen others were injured in Tuesday's horrific accident. In the Jurong Port accident, there were no serious casualties, according to the company's boss Simon Subra.
Two of the 35 workers from Fining Engineers and Contractors were sent to the National University Hospital for head injuries and treated as outpatients. Another four escaped with scrapes and bruises and have since been discharged. The company deals with 'the transportation of several goods" and provides moving services as well, said Mr Subra. He added that the driver of the truck has been driving for about 40 years and this is the first time the company has had such an incident.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of the Straits Times.
