The Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) was mobilised this afternoon. Feb. 2, 2020, to rescue a bus driver from a damaged bus at Changi Airport Terminal 2 bus interchange.

You can see a photo of the incident below:

Bus driver pinned in seat

From photos shared by SCDF, the driver was wearing a yellow and red uniform similar to uniforms worn by Go-Ahead bus drivers.

According to the SCDF, the bus was impacted against a concrete pillar and its front was badly crushed inwards, pinning the bus driver in his seat.

Aside from DART, the SCDF paramedics and medical crew from the Airport Emergency Service (AES) was on site to assess and treat the six passengers in the bus. The passengers were then conveyed to Changi General Hospital.

"Concurrently, firefighters from Changi Fire Station and AES used hydraulic cutting tools to cut open the driver’s window to enable the paramedics to provide him with an intravenous drip," wrote the SCDF in a Facebook post.

The rescue team utilised the DART Rescue Vehicle to pull the bus slightly from the pillar so as to allow the rescuers space for their operation:

"The DART rescuers had to first manoeuvre delicately within the limited space around the driver and with the aid of a slew of hydraulic rescue equipment, they finally gained access to the driver by prying the dashboard which had pinned his legs.

They freed the driver through the rear exit doors of the bus."

A medical team from Changi General Hospital was also on site, joining the SCDF paramedics and AES medical crew, to tend to the bus driver.

The entire rescue operation lasted 45 minutes.

The bus driver was safely extricated and conveyed to Changi General Hospital in a conscious state.

We have sent a query to Go-Ahead Singapore to confirm that one of their bus drivers was involved in this accident.

You can read SCDF's Facebook post below:

Top image credits: Singapore Road Accident/Facebook, SCDF/Facebook