Accidents on PIE result in traffic jam

The Straits Times reported that five people were injured in two multi-car pile-ups on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) on Monday morning. The two accidents happened at two separate locations on the PIE towards Tuas, causing a jam from the exit at Jurong West Avenue 2 to the Clementi Avenue 6 exit.

It is understood that some vehicles left the scene and 16 car owners made police reports.

Five people were conveyed to the National University Hospital, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), adding that one man refused to be taken to hospital.

An SCDF vehicle, which was responding to another incident, was also involved in one of the crashes. Among the injured were a full-time national servicemen (NSF), a math professor and his wife.

The 23-years old NSF, whose surname is Su, was on his way to Bukit Gombak camp in a taxi. He blacked out from the impact, and woke only when emergency responders knocked on the car window, he recounted.

The professor had injuries on his right wrist, and his left ring finger was bleeding, while his wife felt pain in her ribs. Their son escaped unhurt as he was in the back seat and had his seatbelt on.