28 injured in accident between bus and tipper truck on MCE

The driver of a private bus was trapped in his vehicle after it collided with a tipper truck on the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) tunnel yesterday evening, reported The Straits Times. 

The Singapore Civil Defence Force, which said it received a call for assistance at 6:17pm, had to free the man using hydraulic rescue tools. There were 28 casualties but no fatalities, it added. The victims, who were all conscious, were taken to three different hospitals - 13 to the Singapore General Hospital, nine to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and six to Changi General Hospital.

The incident happened on the fifth lane of the MCE in the direction of East Coast Parkway, after Marina Coastal Drive. The Straits Times reported that the wreckage was cleared only after 9:00pm. The police are presently investigating.