Man, 28, sent to hospital after lorry hit van at Bedok Reservoir junction

A lorry that appeared to run a red light at a traffic junction near Bedok Reservoir on Nov. 5, T-boned a van and sent it flying.

The 28-year-old van driver was sent to hospital as a result.

The accident

Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told Mothership that they were alerted to an accident at about 3:30pm involving a van and a lorry at the junction of Bedok Reservoir Road and Kaki Bukit Road 4.

Dashcam footage shared to the "Roads.SG" Facebook group on Nov. 7 showed a blue-and-grey lorry approaching a junction where a red light was displayed.

As it drove through the junction, the lorry hit a the side of the white van that was passing through.

The collision sent the van flying.

It flipped over before landing on its side.

The lorry also came to a halt in the middle of the junction, with debris scattered across the road.

A man in a helmet was seen running across the junction to check on the van driver.

He was joined by the lorry driver, another man in a helmet and a cyclist.

Van driver, 28, sent to hospital

Police told Mothership that a 28- year-old male van driver was conveyed conscious to the hospital.

SCDF said that one person was conveyed to Changi General Hospital.

Police investigations are ongoing.

Top image from Roads.SG/Facebook