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Mercedes speeding along PIE bend crashes into barrier and flips over before catching fire

Singapore — A major accident occurred along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) early Monday morning (Jan 31), resulting in a man being hospitalised.

Facebook page ROADS.sg uploaded a video of the accident on Monday, showing a white Mercedes travelling at high speed along PIE.

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Photo: FB screengrab/ROADS.sg

As the vehicle approached a bend on the expressway, the Mercedes driver appeared to have lost control.

The car began to fishtail, its rear swaying side to side before bumping the road divider.

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Photo: FB screengrab/ROADS.sg

The impact, added to the vehicle’s speed, resulted in the Mercedes flipping over.

The vehicle recording the scene on a dashboard camera captured the white sedan spinning in mid-air before crashing to the ground.

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Photo: FB screengrab/ROADS.sg

“The Merc caught fire after the crash. We pray that everyone will be alright,” wrote ROADS.sg in a follow-up comment.

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Photo: FB screengrab/ROADS.sg

Facebook page SG Road Vigilante – SGRV also uploaded photos of the aftermath of the accident, with Singapore Civil Defence Force firefighters at the scene.

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Photo: FB screengrab/SG Road Vigilante – SGRV

According to a Straits Times report, a 32-year-old man was taken to the hospital after the accident.

The police said they were alerted to the crash at 1:04 am on Monday on the PIE towards Changi Airport before Thomson Road.

Police investigations are ongoing. /TISG

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