SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A passenger travelling on SMRT service 190 was taken to hospital with injuries after someone, believed to be a person in the street, threw a bottle at the bus that left a hole in its window.
The police were alerted to the incident in Orchard Road at about 6.50pm on July 5, and investigations are ongoing.
The injured passenger, a 57-year-old woman, was conscious when she was taken to Raffles Hospital, said the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
Vincent Gay, deputy managing director of SMRT Buses, said the person threw the bottle at the double-decker bus when it was plying Orchard Road at about 6.45pm.
The bus driver stopped the bus and checked on the passengers, he added. All affected passengers were transferred to another bus to continue their journey.
“We are cooperating with the police in their investigations,” Gay added.
In photos circulating online, the bus can be seen parked near The Heeren.
Images on social media platform Xiaohongshu show a gaping hole in a window on the upper deck of the bus, with the rest of the window panel riddled with cracks.
Blood stains were seen near the bus door, reported Shin Min Daily News. - The Straits Times/ANN
