One dead, one injured in fatal lorry collision on CTE; 24-year-old driver arrested

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.