Driver of Mercedes-Benz hits five vehicles in Bugis area

[General Veers]

Driver of Mercedes-Benz hits five vehicles in Bugis area

inSing - 16 April 2013 1:05 PM | Updated 1:17 PM

A video footage captured passengers running out of a taxi after it was hit by a Mercedes-Benz along Victoria Street on 15 April night (Photo: Screen grab from YouTube)
A 42-year-old man driving a Mercedes-Benz apparently fainted while driving and hit five vehicles – three taxis, a bus and a car – and caused a massive traffic jam in the Bugis area last night.

The series of collisions happened around 8.30pm last night.

In a video footage captured and loaded on YouTube, there was a moment when after hitting one taxi, passengers in that taxi were seen scrambling out and running to safety as the Mercedes-Benz appeared to nudge the taxi out of the way.

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Police told inSing News that when they arrived at the scene, the Mercedes-Benz was already on a road divider at the junction of Victoria Street and Middle Road.

They said no one was injured.

The string of accidents started earlier near the junction of Stamford Road and Victoria Street, when the Mercedes-Benz driver collided with a ComfortDelGro taxi, causing the taxi to hit a lorry.

It then hit a TransCab taxi – the scene captured in the video above – before it went on to hit a double-decker bus.

It continued down the road, hitting another TransCab and finally another car, a Mitsubishi Lancer, before ending up on the divider.

Police said investigations are ongoing.

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[lianbeng]

lianbeng wonders: machi's spirit back for revenge?

 

[hokkien]

Faint still can step on pedal?

 

[kongsimi]

Got wealth still not happy and want to kill himself?

What is going on with this secular world?

 

[Watto]

7-vehicle accident near Bugis

By Vimita Mohandas
POSTED: 16 Apr 2013 4:46 PM

Seven vehicles were involved in an accident at the junction of Victoria Street and Middle Road on Monday night. The accident involved two cars, three taxis, one lorry and one bus.

Aftermath of the accident (photo by Channel NewsAsia viewer Wee Yao)

SINGAPORE: Seven vehicles were involved in an accident at the junction of Victoria Street and Middle Road on Monday night.

The accident happened before 8.30pm and involved two cars, three taxis, one lorry and one bus.

One of the cars, a Mercedes, ended up on the road's central divider.

One of the taxis had spun round and ended up facing oncoming traffic.

No injuries were reported.

Police investigations are ongoing.


- CNA/ir

 

[lianbeng]

Faint still can step on pedal?

lianbeng guessed he fainted but 1 leg still on the accelerator lah! probably a heart attack or stroke!

 

[Sinkie]

What happened? How come the reporting is so terrible?

 

[Watto]

Victoria Street seven-vehicle mayhem video goes viral

April 17, 2013 - 1:17am

By: Audrey Tan

TNP PHOTO: BENJAMIN SEETOR

The cars look like two rams butting heads, with the Mercedes’ wheels spinning furiously as it pushes against the cab.

Suddenly, the doors of the taxi open and a woman and child flee from the passenger seat, running onto the pavement.

Then the Mercedes sheers off the cab and moves forward, slamming into an SBS bus. It then moves on.

This scene from a video capturing a part of Monday night’s seven-vehicle mayhem, caused by the Mercedes, along Victoria Street has gone viral on YouTube and Facebook.

The chain collision, which happened at about 8.30pm on Monday, occurred one junction before the Ferrari crash that killed three people last year.

Read the full report in The New Paper on Wednesday (April 17).