Delivery rider, 47, hospitalised after motorcycle collides with lorry along Commonwealth Drive

A collision between a motorcycle and a lorry on Nov. 13 sent a 47-year-old male motorcyclist to the hospital.

Shin Min Daily News reported that the accident occurred at about 7pm in Commonwealth.

Collision

The male motorcyclist, who is a food delivery rider, collided with the lorry while delivering food on his motorcycle.

Another food delivery rider, 41-year-old Wang, showed Shin Min photos of the aftermath.

The photos show a motorcycle lying on its side on the road next to a lorry.

A delivery bag can also be seen nearby.

Uncontactable

Chen, the 38-year-old wife of the male motorcyclist, said her husband's injuries were serious but not life-threatening.

Prior to the accident on Nov. 13, she said her husband went to work as usual.

However, he did not answer his phone for a long time that evening.

By the morning of Nov. 14, her husband still had not responded.

Chen then contacted her husband's friend, who suggested he might have been in an accident.

Hospitalised

After contacting the nearest hospital, they later found out her husband had been injured and hospitalised.

Chen said she immediately took leave from work and went to the hospital.

She discovered that her husband had multiple severe abrasions all over his body.

His kidneys were also injured from the impact, and there was a deep wound on his left forehead that exposed the bone.

She said: "He has just been transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular ward."

"Fortunately, his life is not in danger, but it will take at least one or two months to recover."

Chen added that her husband has undergone a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan but requires further examination to determine the extent of his injuries.

Shin Min reported that he is awaiting stitches and surgery.

Chen added that her husband does not know how the accident happened.

She said that he remembers everything going black before getting into the accident and at the next moment, he was sent to the hospital.

Sent to hospital conscious

In response to Mothership's queries, the police confirmed that they were alerted at about 7:32pm on Nov. 13 to an accident involving a lorry and a motorcycle along Commonwealth Avenue towards Commonwealth Avenue West.

SCDF said they conveyed a 47-year-old male motorcyclist conscious to the National University Hospital.

A 25-year-old male lorry driver is assisting with investigations.

Police investigations are ongoing.

Top photos via Shin Min Daily News