A body being removed from the site.ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
SINGAPORE: A structure on an incomplete highway collapsed early Friday (July 14) morning near the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) exit to Tampines Expressway (TPE).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said one worker was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, while 10 others have been sent to Changi General Hospital.
At around 7am, it said all workers at the construction site have been accounted for and that search and rescue operations had been completed.
SCDF was alerted to the incident at about 3.35am, according to a post on their Facebook.
The collapsed structure looked to have been about 5 metres high, according to an ST photographer who arrived at the scene at 4.30am.
He saw a group of paramedics and firefighters trying to revive a man. They were successful, and he was taken away on a stretcher.
Several workers had rushed down to the scene from their dormitories after hearing of the accident.
The collapsed structure is part of a highway that is under construction, said SCDF.
About 60 SCDF officers, including those from the SCDF's Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) were involved in the search and rescue operation, assisted by K9 search dogs.
SCDF said the sliproad from Upper Changi Road East into PIE was closed, and asked motorists to avoid the area.
At 7am, a police hearse carrying the body of the one person who died left the scene. The police said he was 31 years old.
ST understands that the injured workers are a mixture of Indian, Bangladeshi and Chinese nationals. - The Straits Times/ANN
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