SCDF officer to remain in hospital after fire engine collision

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SINGAPORE - A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer involved in a road collision will remain hospitalised for further observation.

This follows an accident that saw a fire engine colliding with a lorry and prime mover along Sungei Kadut Street on Jan 23.

All four SCDF officers onboard the fire engine at the time were conveyed to Woodlands Health Campus and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

Giving an update, an SCDF spokesman said that one of that officers has been discharged and given three days of hospitalisation leave.

A third officer, who needed surgery for a fractured nose, and the fourth officer, who had a swollen leg, are awaiting discharge, the spokesman told The Straits Times.

The four officers are aged between 21 and 28.

Said the spokesman: “SCDF will continue to monitor their recovery and well-being, and provide our fullest support to the officers and their families during this time.”

A video uploaded to the Singapore Roads Accident.com Facebook page on the day of the accident showed the aftermath of the head-on collision between the fire engine and another heavy vehicle.

SCDF had earlier said one of the officers was stuck in the front cabin and had to be freed using hydraulic rescue equipment after the accident occurred at around 1.45pm.

All four officers were conscious when taken to the hospitals.

The fire engine was returning to Sungei Kadut fire post after attending to a false alarm in the area.

Police investigations are ongoing.

They are also looking into a separate accident which happened on the same day involving a car and a police van.

It happened at 7.45pm at the junction of Woodlands Avenue 3 and Woodlands Centre Road.

A 32-year-old woman was conveyed to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. She is assisting with investigations.

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