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2 PHV drivers injured in two-car crash outside Alkaff Kampung Melayu Mosque

Both drivers were taken conscious to Changi General Hospital
2 PHV drivers injured in two-car crash outside Alkaff Kampung Melayu Mosque
One car mounted a kerb and crashed into a tree while the other was left stranded in the middle of the junction after the collision on Oct 19.
PHOTO: AsiaOne/Shafiq Apandi

The drivers of two private hire vehicles (PHVs), aged 31 and 58, were taken to hospital after an accident involving their vehicles outside Alkaff Kampung Melayu Mosque in Bedok on Monday (Oct 19) night.

The incident happened at about 7.55pm at the junction of Kaki Bukit Road 4 and Bedok Reservoir Road.

When AsiaOne reached the scene at about 8.15pm, a black Toyota multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) was seen stopped in the middle of the junction, with significant damage to its front left bumper.

Its front left wheel axle had collapsed from the impact, while its front right headlight was left dangling from the damaged bumper. 

The damaged Toyota MPV with its front left wheel axle damaged.

Meanwhile, a Hyundai saloon car mounted the kerb and crashed into a tree outside the mosque. The car's airbags were also deployed in the accident. 

The driver of the Hyundai car retrieving his personal belongings as a paramedic monitors his condition.

Both car drivers were conscious when paramedics attended to their injuries, and they were able to retrieve their personal belongings from their respective vehicles.

At least one police fast response car, two Traffic Police motorcycles and two ambulances were present at the scene.

Debris was strewn across one lane on each side of Bedok Reservoir Road.

In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force said that both drivers were taken conscious to Changi General Hospital. 

The police added that investigations are ongoing.

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