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Independent Singapore
7 days ago
- Independent Singapore
One dead, one injured in fatal lorry collision on CTE; 24-year-old driver arrested
Photo - Singapore Road Accidents FB SINGAPORE: A fatal accident involving two lorries on the Central Expressway (CTE) on Wednesday (25 June) has left one man dead and another injured. A 24-year-old lorry driver has been arrested for suspected reckless driving causing death. The accident occurred at around 1:55pm on the CTE towards the Seletar Expressway (SLE), just before the Braddell Road exit. According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), officers arrived to find one man trapped in the passenger seat of a lorry. Using hydraulic rescue equipment, SCDF personnel extricated the individual before conveying him to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, along with the driver of the overturned lorry who was also injured. The 34-year-old passenger who was extricated from the lorry was later pronounced dead. Footage of the incident posted on the Singapore Road Accidents Facebook page shows the sequence of events leading up to the crash. The video appears to capture a lorry attempting to switch from the second lane to the third lane on the left. During the maneuver, the front left section of the lorry collided with the back of another lorry already travelling in that lane. The impact caused the second lorry to veer out of control, crash into the left shoulder of the expressway, and overturn towards the right. The 32-year-old injured man is believed to have been driving the overturned lorry. In a statement, the police confirmed the arrest of a 24-year-old male driver on suspicion of reckless driving causing death. Investigations are ongoing.
Times
24-06-2025
- Climate
- Times
Driver rescued from hanging lorry after bridge collapse in China
By any standards, it was a close call. When a road bridge collapsed in southern China, a lorry driver was left dangling in mid-air, over the vertiginous drop to the valley below. The driver, stranded in his cab, its wheels over the precipice, was filmed by a witness to the accident in Guizhou province on Tuesday. He appeared to have been saved only by the weight of the trailer attached to his vehicle. 'You're lucky to be alive — that's dangerous!' the witness responds to the driver's pleas for help in the video, before adding: 'You'll have to wait for the fire service. There's no signal.' In footage published by Chinese media outlets, the same witness is later seen warning other vehicles not to continue down the road. The unnamed driver was eventually rescued, reports said. According to provincial transport authorities, the collapse of the Houzi River Grand Bridge, part of an expressway connecting the regions of Guangxi and Guizhou, was caused by a landslide after continuous rainfall. Authorities stated that changes in the bridge's structure had been detected earlier that morning during routine inspections. At 5.51am local time, patrol teams observed signs of stress and imposed traffic restrictions on the northbound section. By 7.11 am, both directions had been closed. Half an hour later, the bridge collapsed. It is not clear how the lorry ended up hanging from one side, but at least three unoccupied construction vehicles from nearby villages were found in the valley, the Global Times website reported. Emergency, transport and public security departments were dispatched to the scene to oversee rescue operations and establish detour routes. An investigation into the cause and further response measures are ongoing. Authorities said multiple rivers had burst their banks after days of rain in China's flood-hit province of Guizhou, where the annual east Asian summer monsoon reached its peak. More rain is expected over the next few days, state meteorologists forecast, warning that provinces hit by overlapping storms, including Guizhou, should be especially on their guard. The Global Times said water levels in three rivers in Guizhou's Rongjiang county were rising rapidly and were expected to cause the worst flooding for at least 30 years.
BBC News
16-06-2025
- BBC News
Man, 20, arrested over fatal roundabout crash near Bathgate
A man has been arrested in connection with a crash in West Lothian which left a 17-year-old girl teenager was a passenger in a Volkswagen Polo when it was involved in a collision with a lorry at Boghead Roundabout, near Bathgate, on 9 female passenger, 18, was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and treated for serious 20-year-old driver of the car, who was also taken to hospital, was arrested and released pending further inquiries. The lorry driver was charged in connection with road traffic offences last circumstances surrounding the crash have been referred to the Police Investigation and Review Commissioner.
South China Morning Post
03-06-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Haunted by baby elephant's death, Malaysian lorry driver shares anguish: ‘my heart aches'
The lorry driver whose vehicle struck and killed a baby elephant on a dark mountain road in Malaysia last month has spoken of the anguish and guilt he continues to carry. Advertisement 'It weighs heavily on me. Each time I pass by the road, my heart aches,' said the driver, who wished to be identified only as Azhar. Azhar was behind the wheel in the early hours of May 11, travelling along the East–West Highway in Perak when the fatal accident occurred. The male calf was pinned beneath the lorry. In a heart-wrenching scene that left many Malaysians in tears, the calf's mother repeatedly charged the lorry in a desperate attempt to free her young, then stood vigil beside the vehicle for nearly five hours. 'When I think about the baby elephant, I feel really sad. I will not forget the moment,' he said, recounting his experience that night. Advertisement A seasoned driver from Kedah, Azhar has transported chickens from Penang to a slaughterhouse in Kota Baru for the past two years, using the same forest-lined route almost daily. His days typically begin at 4.30pm, when he collects poultry from farms, before setting off on the long overnight drive by 8pm.
Free Malaysia Today
16-05-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Woman dies, 2 sons hurt in car-lorry crash
Fire and rescue department personnel with the wreckage of the car that collided with a lorry in Gua Musang today. (JBPM pic) PETALING JAYA : A woman was killed while her two sons were injured when the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a 10-tonne lorry at Felda Chiku 3 in Gua Musang, Kelantan, today. Gua Musang fire and rescue station operations commander Razani Mamat said Rohaya Jaafar, 42, had picked up her sons, aged nine and 14, from school when the accident occurred at 1.30pm. 'The fire and rescue team managed to extricate the victim, who was pinned in her car, but she was confirmed dead by the medical team at about 2.30pm,' Bernama reported him as saying. Razani said the nine-year-old boy suffered injuries to his head while the 14-year-old suffered injuries to his head and feet. The lorry driver escaped unhurt. The body was handed over to police while the two boys were taken to hospital.
