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5 killed in Tanjong Pagar crash: 29-year-old driver believed to have sped before crashing into shophouse
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David Sun and
Fabian Koh
13 FEB 2021
SINGAPORE - Five people have died and one was sent to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) after a car slammed into the front of a shophouse on Saturday (Feb 13) morning.
A police spokesman said that at 5.41am, they were alerted to an accident involving a car along Tanjong Pagar Road.
Preliminary investigations revealed the car was driven by a 29-year-old man with four male passengers, in their 20s on board.
The spokesman added that the car was believed to have sped along Tanjong Pagar Road before colliding into a shophouse and catching fire.
A 26-year-old woman, who is believed to be known to the driver, had tried to help the five men after the accident, he said.
But she suffered severe burns and was conscious when taken to SGH. The driver and the passengers were pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.
Police investigations are ongoing.
Earlier, the SCDF had said
it was alerted to a fire at 37 Tanjong Pagar Rd at about 5.40am.
"The fire involved a car and the front of a shophouse. SCDF extinguished the fire with three water jets and one compressed air foam backpack," it said.
Five people were pronounced dead at the scene and
one, a woman, sent to SGH with serious burn injuries. ST understands that the five who died were in the car - a BMW - when the accident happened.
When ST arrived at the scene at 7.50am, about 200m of Tanjong Pagar Road was cordoned off and there was a strong burning smell in the air.
Family members were spotted at the scene and are believed to have identified the bodies of the deceased. They were taken from the accident scene to the mortuary at the SGH in two police hearses. The first, carrying one body, arrived at 11.11am, while the second arrived at 11.26am with the remaining four bodies.
At around 10.50am, the police expanded the cordon to block off the whole of Cook Street and more of Duxton Hill.
Mr Song Seng Wun, 60, an economist who lives in the area, said he heard cars revving loudly down the road at about 5.30am. After about 10 minutes, he heard a loud crash. “I looked out of my window and saw flames,” he told ST.
He saw that the car had crashed into the first floor of a shophouse, which was empty at the time.
When Mr Song went to the scene of the incident, he saw a man kneeling and crying on the side of the road. He said: "He was crying hysterically and begging the police officers for help, saying his friends were in the burning car."