Young woman dies after car crashes into bus along Punggol Road; illegal vape pods found in vehicle

SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old woman has passed away, following a traffic collision between a car and a public bus along Punggol Road on Tuesday afternoon (May 13).

The accident occurred at around 2.50pm along the stretch of Punggol Road heading towards the Tampines Expressway (TPE).

According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), two individuals were taken to separate hospitals. The woman, who was a passenger in the car, was conveyed to Changi General Hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries.

The driver of the car, a 30-year-old man, was sent to Sengkang General Hospital and was conscious at the time.

Photos taken by eyewitnesses are circulating online and show a dark grey car with a shattered windscreen and a crumpled hood, positioned just behind a public bus at a traffic junction.

Public transport operator Go-Ahead Singapore confirmed that the incident involved Service 82.

The operator confirmed that the driver and all 10 passengers on board the bus were unharmed and managed to safely disembark.

The bus driver also quickly extinguished a fire that broke out in the car’s engine compartment, using a fire extinguisher from the bus.

In the aftermath of the crash, police officers inspecting the car found several vape pods suspected to be part of an illegal e-vaporiser. The authorities have referred the matter to the Health Sciences Authority for further investigation.

Investigations are ongoing.