Elderly PMA user, 73, hit by taxi while trying to cross road at Choa Chu Kang

The PMA user was conscious when conveyed to the hospital.

Tanya Ong | November 17, 2019, 03:58 PM

On Nov. 16, an elderly PMA user collided with a taxi at Choa Chu Kang.

A video of the scene was uploaded to Facebook by one Vincent Soh yesterday (Nov. 16), showing the victim lying on the road:

FB video/Vincent Soh.

Paramedics were seen attending to him. A small crowd of people can also be seen at the scene.

This is the place of the accident, near Keat Hong Mirage.

Screenshot via Google streetview.

Traffic light green man allegedly lit

In a comment responding to the post, a woman known as Norr Amira came forward claiming to be the granddaughter of the victim.

She said that her grandfather had been crossing the road when it happened, and the traffic light green man was allegedly lit as well.

She claimed the taxi was "speeding".

In response to Mothership's queries, the police said that they were alerted to an accident involving a taxi and a PMA user at the junction of Choa Chu Kang Way and Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1.

The PMA user is a 73-year-old man, who was conscious when conveyed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

Police investigations are ongoing, they added.

This is the video uploaded to Facebook:

Top photo video screengrab via FB/Vincent Soh