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Update, Aug. 3, 6:30pm: SCDF has clarified that the woman was conveyed to Ng Teng Fong General hospital. The initial information by SCDF that she could not be found at the scene was incorrect.

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An elderly lady on July 31 was knocked down by a van while crossing the road outside of a designated junction along Jurong West Ave 1.

Elderly lady knocked down while attempting to jaywalk

A video of the incident was uploaded onto Facebook group Go-Jek Singapore Community.

As seen in the Facebook user's dashcam recording, the woman was attempting to jaywalk across the road in Jurong West.

As the vehicle doing the video recording slowed down as it approached a junction, the woman jaywalking raised her hand, appearing to signal to request the driver to give way to her as she hurried past the car.

However, as she was looking the opposite way, a van driving on the right-most lane hit the woman dashing across, and knocked her down.

It appeared the woman might have been in a blind spot.

From the video, the woman also appeared to have hit her head on the ground after she was knocked down.

The driver who recorded the incident stopped the vehicle, as one woman in the vehicle was heard saying to "call ambulance".

SCDF arrived at location but no sign of case at scene

Update: A previous statement by SCDF said that a call for help was made, but when its personnel arrived at the location, there was no sign of the incident.

This is incorrect.

In response to queries by Mothership, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that they were alerted to a traffic accident along Jurong West Ave 1 at 11:55am.

Paramedics conveyed the woman to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

"On July 31 at about 11.55am, SCDF was alerted to a road traffic accident along Jurong West Ave 1. SCDF conveyed a woman to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital," SCDF said.

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