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SINGAPORE, Feb.13 (The Straits Times / ANN): Five people were killed and one was sent to Singapore General Hospital after a car crashed into a store front on Saturday (February 13) morning.
In a statement to The Straits Times, the SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at 37 Tanjong Pagar Rd around 5.40am.
“The fire involved a car and the front of a store. SCDF extinguished the fire with three jets of water and a backpack of compressed air foam,” he said.
Five people were pronounced dead at the scene and one, a woman, sent to SGH with severe burns. ST understands that the five who died were in the car, a BMW, when the accident occurred.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Police vans seen at the scene of the accident, February 13, 2021. – The Straits Times / ANN
When ST arrived at the scene at 7:50 a.m. M., About 200 meters from Tanjong Pagar Street was cordoned off and there was a strong smell of burning in the air.
Family members were seen at the scene and are believed to have identified the bodies of the deceased. They were transferred from the scene of the accident to the SGH morgue in two police hearse. The first, with a body, arrived at 11:11 in the morning, while the second arrived at 11:26 in the morning with the four remaining bodies.
Around 10.50 a.m. M., Police widened the cordon to block all of Cook Street and more of Duxton Hill.
Song Seng Wun, 60, an economist who lives in the area, said he heard cars speeding noisily on the highway around 5.30 a.m. After about 10 minutes, he heard a loud crash. “I looked out the window and saw flames,” he told ST.
He saw that the car had crashed into the first floor of a store, which was empty at the time.
The SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at 37 Tanjong Pagar Rd around 5.40am. – The Straits Times / ANN
When Song went to the scene of the incident, he saw a man kneeling and crying on the side of the road. He said: “He was crying hysterically and asking the police for help, saying his friends were in the burning car.”
The Land Transportation Authority announced the closure of the road at Tanjong Pagar Road (towards Murray Street) after Maxwell Road at 7.30am. M.
SBS Transit said that bus services 80 and 145 were diverting from Tanjong Pagar Road (towards Hoe Chiang Road), with 10 bus stops missed due to an accident.
Traders with shops in the area have been standing around the cordoned off area trying to find out what is happening and when they can get to their premises.
The store involved in the accident was previously occupied by Five Oars Coffee Roasters. The cafe had recently moved out of the premises. – The Straits Times / ANN
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