Two heavy vehicle pile-ups in western Singapore within 12 hours leave 39 people in hospital
Two three-vehicle crashes involving heavy vehicles hit western Singapore within less than 12 hours of each other, leaving 39 people in hospital while conscious, The Straits Times and 8world reported. In both cases, lorries carrying multiple passengers were among the vehicles involved, and police said a driver from each incident is assisting with investigations.
The later crash was on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) towards the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE), before the Jalan Boon Lay exit, at about 5.50am on Wednesday, 5 November. The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said two lorries and a bus were involved. A 42-year-old male lorry driver and his 12 male lorry passengers, aged between 24 and 51, were taken conscious to hospital. SCDF said eight of them went to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and five to National University Hospital. The 42-year-old lorry driver is assisting with ongoing police investigations.
Footage of the aftermath, shared on social media and cited by The Straits Times, showed paramedics attending to people along the expressway shoulder near a lorry, with a second lorry, a car and a non-public bus stationary nearby, and several emergency vehicles at the scene.
That followed an accident the previous evening in Tuas. At about 7.30pm on Tuesday, 4 November, the authorities were alerted to a crash involving a bus, a lorry and a tipper truck along Tuas South Avenue 9 towards Tuas South Way. Police said a 45-year-old lorry driver and 25 male lorry passengers, aged between 25 and 48, were taken conscious to hospital. A 69-year-old male tipper truck driver is assisting with investigations. SCDF said it took 10 people to Singapore General Hospital, eight to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and eight to National University Hospital.
Taken together, the two crashes sent 39 people to hospital. 8world reported that everyone was conscious when conveyed. Police investigations into both incidents are ongoing.
For fleet operators, the pair of incidents is a reminder of how quickly multi-vehicle collisions involving lorries with passengers, buses and tipper trucks can cascade into mass casualty responses on western routes. Operators running worker transport on lorries and private buses in Tuas and along the AYE may want to review route timing, rest practices and how passenger loads are secured before the Deepavali long weekend traffic builds further.
Source: The Straits Times, 5–6 November 2026; 8world (Mediacorp), 6 November 2026 — Read the original
