A lorry was involved in a crash with a van at the junction of Toh Guan Road and Toh Guan Road East earlier today.

The lorry’s cabin was crushed inwards, with the lorry driver being pinned in his seat and both his legs trapped under the dashboard.

The van driver evacuated himself from his wreckage.

SCEF received a call for assistance at ab out 10.15am.

THe SCDF’s DART team was activated to rescue the lorry driver because of how delicate the situation was, they used hydraulic rescue equipment to get the lorry driver out.

A paramedic was also present to monitor his vital signs.

Both the van and lorry drivers were conveyed conscious to NUH.

Images source: SG Road Vigilante – SGRV

A $27 million one-off top up to the Covid-19 Driver Relief Fund (CDRF) will be provided by the government for taxi and Private Hire Car (PHC) drivers, to help tide them through the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).

Drivers who are eligible will receive an extra $10 top up per day through the CDRF from 16 May to the end of June.

Which means that drivers will not receive $25 per day.

All eligible Taxi and PHC drivers will receive the top up automatically through their operators, no application is needed.

Images source: Unsplash

The MRT broke down this morning (21 May) and commuters on the Circle Line were forced to wait on the platform, congregating in large groups due to the train delay.

SMRT then posted an update on Twitter at 5.21am, saying that there was a signal fault, asking commuters to add 15 minutes to their travel time.

Free regular bus services between Paya Lebar and Buona Vista were made available.

At about 5.41am, SMRT then updated on Twitter that due to the signal fault, commuters should add 30 m inutes of additional travel time.

Train services progressively returned to normal at 7.15am, and at 7.30am, all train services resumed to normal.

SMRT has sinced apologised for the incident.

Images source: @Once_Russ on Twitter and @MaiSoori_writer on Twitter

A woman who took a “hitch” ride from a PHV driver, shared her experience with the driver online.

She shared that the driver was supposed to pick her up and send her to her destination, but he asked her:

“If I take you to another hotel how? Would you mind?”

The woman was shocked, saying:

“Sorry?”

The driver then proposed that they go and “lepak at another hotel” to “chill and drinks”.

He then asked her if she was open minded, to which she said “sorry I got BF.”

Image source: @adminsgfollowsall on IG

An Ang Moh cyclist was seen doing a “track stand” in the middle of the road, at a junction, without a helmet.

He was then told to put on a helmet for safety reasons, to which he allegedly replied:

“F**k Singapore and f**k your rules, mind your own business homie!”

The incident purportedly happened at Orchard Road.

Image source: @singapura.viral on IG