SINGAPORE: Three people were taken to hospital after a minibus fell into a canal near the Senja-Cashew Community Club in Bukit Panjang on Tuesday (Aug 19) afternoon.
Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the accident near the junction of Bukit Panjang Road and Bukit Panjang Ring Road at about 1.10pm.
The accident involved a bus and a minibus, the police said.
Three people were taken to safety after SCDF officers used a ladder to access the Pang Sua Canal.
A 68-year-old male minibus driver and his two female passengers, aged 14 and 53, were taken conscious to hospital, police said.
Two of them were taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and another was taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Photos posted on Facebook show the minibus, with a damaged bumper, in the middle of the canal. Several workers can be seen near the vehicle.
The minibus appears to be from the International Community School, an international school in Jubilee Road, off West Coast Road.
Police investigations are ongoing.
The Straits Times has contacted the school for more information. - The Straits Times/ANN
