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4 bus passengers, pedestrian taken to hospital after Jalan Besar crash
The Straits Times
|June 07, 2024
Four bus passengers, including a 93-year-old, and a pedestrian were taken to hospital after an accident on June 6 involving a Tower Transit bus and trailer truck near Sim Lim Tower in Jalan Besar.
The police said they were alerted at about 1.45pm to the accident that happened at the junction of Jalan Besar and Ophir Road.
The four bus passengers, aged between 39 and 93, and a male pedestrian, 54, were conscious when taken to hospital, they added.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said five people were taken to Raffles Hospital.
Following the accident, the Land Transport Authority said on X at 1.50pm that the section of Ophir Road after Sungei Road was closed.
This story is from the June 07, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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