AYE accident: SUV driver arrested for drink driving
Published on Oct 18, 2013
The driver of the SUV involved in Wednesday night's accident on the AYE is reported to be a Mr Tan. He was quoted as saying that the lorry had slowed down without warning and he could not brake in time.
As of yesterday, 14 of the 16 injured workers have been discharged from hospital. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
The driver of a black sport utility vehicle (SUV) that rear-ended a lorry on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Wednesday night has been arrested for drink driving, the police said yesterday.
The accident, which happened just before the Jurong Town Hall exit, left 16 men who were in the lorry injured.
They were all workers from Hypex Engineering, which was ferrying 20 of them back to their dormitory in Jurong.
Mr Ng Cheow Teck, the company's operations manager, said the black SUV had collided with the right rear side of the lorry, which caused it to skid and turn over.
