SINGAPORE: A motorcyclist and his pillion rider died in an accident along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) early on Tuesday (Jan 21) morning.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in response to CNA’s queries that it was alerted to an accident along the BKE towards the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) before the Kranji Expressway (KJE) exit at around 5.40am.
According to the police, the accident involved a motorcycle and two lorries.
“A 52-year-old male motorcyclist and a 41-year-old female pillion rider were pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic,” said the police.
Police investigations are ongoing.
Several videos showing the aftermath of the accident were circulated on social media.
In a video uploaded on Facebook, a stationery white lorry could be seen on the first lane of an expressway with two people wearing motorcycle helmets lying on the ground near the lorry’s rear wheels.
People could also be seen gathered around the vehicles and the bodies.
Another video uploaded on Facebook showed police vehicles at the scene of the accident and two blue police tents erected behind the stationary white lorry.
ANOTHER HIT-AND-RUN INCIDENT
A separate accident involving two motorcycles took place near the site of the first incident on Tuesday morning.
The police said that they were alerted to a hit-and-run case involving two motorcycles along BKE towards PIE at around 6.30am.
A 24-year-old male rider was transported conscious to the hospital, they added.
The motorcyclist was sent to the Woodlands Health Campus, according to SCDF.
Police investigations into the hit-and-run case are ongoing.
