Four deaths in four days: Singapore sees string of fatal road accidents

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A 31-year-old died yesterday after his motorcycle was believed to have skidded along Jalan Boon Lay, Jurong West, marking the fourth fatal road accident ...

SINGAPORE, Nov 15 — A 31-year-old died yesterday after his motorcycle was believed to have skidded along Jalan Boon Lay, Jurong West, marking the fourth fatal road accident in Singapore in four days.

In response to AsiaOne’s queries, the police said they were alerted to the accident along Jalan Boon Lay towards Jalan Bahar at about 6.50am.

The motorcyclist was taken unconscious to the hospital, where he later died.

Photos shared on Facebook page SGRV Front Man showed a motorcycle on the right side of a two-lane road, with debris scattered on the ground. Several paramedics were also seen attending to someone by the roadside.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told AsiaOne that it was alerted to a road traffic accident at about 6.50am and conveyed one person to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

The incident follows three other fatal road accidents involving cyclists and a power-assisted bicycle (PAB) rider between November 11 and 13.

On Friday (November 13), a 75-year-old PAB rider died after being involved in a car accident at the junction of Hougang Avenue 9 and Yio Chu Kang Road.

A day earlier, a 24-year-old male cyclist died after an accident involving a tipper truck along Tanah Merah Coast Road.

On Wednesday (November 11), a 37-year-old female cyclist died following an accident with a tipper truck in Katong.

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