Caught on camera: Hero pulls man out of burning car on BKE
PUBLISHED ONJanuary 04, 2014 4:54 AMByRennie Whang
SINGAPORE - Together with the truck driver, who wanted to be known as Mr Yang, 40, Mr Lim crawled into the car from the rear and managed to carry the unconscious driver to safety.
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Car bursts into flames along BKE; two people sent to NUH
By Lim Yan Liang
Two people were sent to the National University Hospital (NUH) after the car they were in burst into flames along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE).
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SCDF confirmed the accident with AsiaOne. Here is SCDF's statement:
SCDF received a call at around 1.20pm.
SCDF was alerted to a car fire, resulting from a road traffic accident involving a car and a truck at BKE towards PIE before the Bukit Panjang exit.
Fire was extinguished by SCDF using 1 hosereeel.
2 persons, 1 male Chinese in his 20s and 1 female Chinese in her 20s sustained injuries and were conveyed to NUH in conscious states.
The male Chinese complained of left knee, left elbow pains, and chest pains.
The female Chinese complained of right elbow pain and sustained abrasions.
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