Bus captain on the way home to Johor Bahru gets into accident on SLE

An SBS bus captain on his way home to Johor Bahru got into an accident with a car on the Seletar Expressway on Saturday (Dec 3). Photos of the accident were shared on Facebook group Malaysia-Singapore Border Crossers, showing a man wearing the distinctive purple SBS bus captain uniform. The man was lying on a patch of grass, his nose and hand bleeding from the impact.

The netizen who posted the details noted the man was on his way to Woodlands while on a motorcycle at about 4 pm that day. The post appealed to the public to help spread the word and inform the uncle’s immediate family or relatives of the accident.

According to The Straits Times, the accident happened along a slip road in SLE towards the Bukit Timah Expressway. It was confirmed that the 51-year-old is a bus captain with SBS Transit. He was conveyed to KTPH while conscious.

One of the photos showed Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedics assisting the bus captain into the ambulance as bystanders watched from the side. He was later conveyed to “Yishun Hospital”, presumably Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) in Yishun.

Furthermore, it appears that the power of social media proved beneficial once more as a netizen claiming to be a relative of the man said they were duly informed.

“Thank you, everyone, for your kind heart and kind soul. Also to the person posted here that alerted this accident and keep his family and friends informed. The injured is my relative, and he is currently under the care of the medical team here in KTPH. Let’s pray and wish him a speedy recovery,” said the relative.

The bus company also confirmed it was extending support to the bus captain and assisting with his treatment and recovery. “Our thoughts and prayers are with him, and we wish him a complete and speedy recovery,” said a company representative. /TISG

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