Sambar deer dies after getting hit by 2 motorcycles along BKE

A sambar deer died after it was struck by two motorcycles along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) on Sep. 2.

Video footage of the accident was posted on TikTok by user @themotoreatlor.

Leaped from road shoulder

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The video, shot from the helmet-mounted camera of @themotorealtor, showed the rider negotiating a bend along the expressway.

According to the video caption, a deer appeared from the left road shoulder, but panicked when it saw the oncoming traffic.

The deer continued forward onto the road before it collided with the motorcycle as the bike was not able to stop in time.

The collision did damage to the left mirror of the motorcycle.

According to the rear-view camera footage, the deer was seen falling to the ground.

Another motorcycle, which was travelling behind, was similarly unable to avoid the deer in time and ran over the animal.

A third rider appeared to be able to slow down in time and managed to go around the fallen deer.

All three motorcycles as well as a trailing vehicle stopped along the road following the collision.

The injured deer could later be seen spasming as it laid by the road verge.

Deer succumbed to injuries on site: NParks

Responding to queries from Mothership, How Choon Beng, National Parks Board (NParks) group director of wildlife management, said NParks was alerted to a road accident involving two motorcycles and a sambar deer along BKE at around 12:54am on Sep. 2.

It immediately sent a rescue team to the accident site.

Both riders were uninjured, but the deer was found to have succumbed to its injuries when the team arrived.

Its carcass was removed for road safety.

How reminded motorists to be alert to animals crossing when driving along roads flanked by forested areas, especially where there are signs to indicate animal crossings.

He also reminded members of the public not to handle injured wild animals on their own.

For urgent reports of wildlife requiring rescue, the public may contact NParks’ 24-hour Animal Response Centre at 1800-476-1600.

Sambar deers are one of the largest deer species in the world, after the moose and elk, and are most active at dusk and at night.

They are listed as "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which means it face risk of extinction in the wild globally

Top image via @themotorealtor / TikTok