The trailer is occupying the middle lane in the direction of traffic, while the connected truck is positioned diagonally against traffic flow in the rightmost lane. - Photos: Screengrab from Singapore Roads Accidents.com/Facebook
SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old man was arrested following an accident involving his trailer truck and two motorcycles on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Friday (June 7).
The police said they were alerted to the accident along AYE towards Tuas at around 8pm on the same day.
The two motorcyclists - men aged 36 and 38 - were taken conscious to the hospital, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force added.
In a video posted on the Singapore Road Accidents.com Facebook page, a trailer truck is seen occupying the middle and rightmost lanes of the three-lane passageway leading into a viaduct.
The trailer is occupying the middle lane in the direction of traffic, while the connected truck is positioned diagonally against traffic flow in the rightmost lane.
A tow truck, a police car and an ambulance are seen at the scene, with traffic cones and signs placed to filter the vehicles towards the leftmost lane.
The trailer driver was arrested for careless driving causing hurt, said the police.
Police investigations are ongoing.
It was the second reported traffic accident in two days that involved trailer trucks.
On June 6, a trailer truck carrying rebars - reinforcing steel used as rods in concrete - collided with a Transit Tower bus near Sim Lim Tower in Jalan Besar.
Four passengers, including a 93-year-old, and one pedestrian were taken to hospital. - The Straits Times/ANN
