A collision occurred between an SBS Transit bus and an SMRT bus on Friday morning, May 11, 2018.

The accident happened at a bus stop in Jalan Jurong Kechil, near Old Jurong Road.

The SBS bus service 157 hit the SMRT bus service 970 from behind.

The impact cracked the SBS bus's windscreen and dislodged its front bumper.

A Facebook user, Linie Gabas Sajonia uploaded images of the accident online.

Bollard saves lives

The SBS bus also mounted the kerb of the bus stop.

However, a safety bollard appeared to have stopped the bus by absorbing the impact of the crash.

The back of the SMRT bus was severely damaged.

Injured

The Singapore Civil Defence Force and police were alerted to the accident at 9am.

According to the SCDF, 33 people were injured. A total of 14 were taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and another 14 to National University Hospital, and five to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

The Straits Times reported that a pregnant woman was among the injured.

According to SBS Transit senior vice-president of corporate communications Tammy Tan, the company has sent five communications teams to the hospital to render assistance to the injured.

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Assistance rendered

SMRT has also sent a CARE (Caring Action in Response to an Emergency) team to help the affected passengers.

Both SBS and SMRT issued statements that apologised for the accident, and are assisting the Land Transport Authority with the investigations.

[Update on May 11 2018, 6.30pm: SBST's Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Ms Tammy Tan provided the following update: "Immediately after the accident, our staff went down to the three hospitals to assist the injured. We are already in contact with most of them and will continue to try to get in touch with the rest. Of the 34 who were conveyed to hospital, 24 received outpatient treatment while seven are warded. Three more are still waiting to complete their medical assessments. We will continue to monitor their progress and be on hand to help as much as we can. We are deeply apologetic for the distress and inconvenience caused."]