One man died and two others were injured after an SMRT bus overturned on Dairy Farm Road towards the Bukit Timah Expressway Sunday morning.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call about the incident at 8:57am and found the bus' driver and a male passenger injured, and another male passenger trapped in the bus, a spokesperson said.
The trapped passenger was extricated using rescue tools, but was pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver and other passenger were sent to National University Hospital in a conscious state, added the spokesperson.
The SCDF had sent one fire engine, one red rhino, one ambulance and one support vehicle to the scene.
The SMRT bus involved was on bus service 700.
An eyewitness who wanted to be known as Rachel told Yahoo! Singapore she was driving along Dairy Farm Road toward the PIE at about 11:10am when she saw four cars and two police vehicles parked on the side of the road.
She then saw the bus, which was lying on its right side, but facing oncoming traffic, adding that she also saw a blue tent near the front of the bus.
"It was on the wrong side of a two-way expressway turnoff, so it may have turned down the highway, overturned and skidded across the divider from his side of the road all the way to the bushes on the side I was on," she added.
In a post on its Facebook page, transport operator SMRT said it is making a full assessment of the situation is working closely with the SCDF and the police on their investigations.
"We are deeply saddened by the incident and extend our compassion to family members of the deceased, and will do all we can to assist the injured passengers and their families," the company said.
Police investigations into the accident are ongoing.
Whether on the road on in the bus, juz pray tat u have a safe journey once u r out of ur house...
Deceased, may u RIP..
