Driver dead, 3 taken to hospital after BMW crash on CTE

An accident involving a BMW along the Central Expressway (CTE) in the early hours of Monday (July 27) left one person dead and three others injured.

The accident, which took place at about 4.45am, occurred along the CTE towards the Seletar Expressway (SLE).

The police said the 30-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic from the Singapore Civil Defence Force. 

A 37-year-old male lorry driver, his 38-year-old male passenger, and a 24-year-old worker who was carrying out roadworks nearby were conveyed conscious to the hospital.

In photographs of the incident uploaded to Facebook by user Ellen Teo, a black BMW can be seen stationary across multiple lanes, almost perpendicular to the flow of traffic.

The vehicle's hood and roof appear badly damaged, while debris can be seen strewn across the expressway.

A separate photograph of the incident shows loose asphalt on the road, indicating that roadworks were being carried out in the area at the time of the accident.

According to posts on Hardware Zone, the accident purportedly caused traffic congestion along the CTE.

@asiaone A 30-year-old male car driver died on the spot after the two-vehicle early morning accident along the Central Expressway (CTE) on Monday (July 27). #sgnews #Singapore #Road #Accident #Police ♬ original sound - AsiaOne

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