A video was recently uploaded on the Facebook page SGRV which shows a car accident that led to the death of five people. The incident was believed to have happened at Tanjong Pagar.
Here is the full story.
13feb2021 0540hrstanjong pagarbmw smash into the 5 footway of the shop houses & caught fire5 kiiled and 1 injured quoted by nearby resident
A very ‘dama start’ to the second day of the lunar new year. Ah pek kena worken up at around 5:30am by loud noises – made by a group of people talking & shouting really really loudly. Alamak! Obviously drunk was my first thoughts
. Could not get back to sleep again because more loud noises followed. Someone had gotten into a car and was revving it, ‘racing around’ Tg Pagar Road in a souped-up car. Mampus!!!
Definitely not going back to sleep now!!
Should ah pek call the mata to report? Suddenly there was a loud crash, and then..quoted by can
At about 7.30am, the Land Transport Authority announced a road closure on Tanjong Pagar Road (towards Murray Street) after Maxwell Road. SBS Transit also said that bus services 80 and 145 were being diverted from Tanjong Pagar Road (towards Hoe Chiang Road), with 10 bus stops skipped, “due to an accident”. quoted by straits time
Five people died and one was sent to Singapore General Hopital after a car slammed into the front of a shophouse on Saturday (Feb 13) morning.
In a statement to The Straits Times, the SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at 37 Tanjong Pagar Rd at about 5.40am.”The fire involved a car and the front of a shophouse. SCDF extinguished the fire with three water jets and one compressed air foam backpack.Five people were pronounced dead at the scene and one sent to SGH with burn injuries.ST understands that the five who died were in the car when the accident happened.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.