Car driver and 3 others arrested after Bukit Timah accident involving school bus; 2 children taken to hospital

SINGAPORE: A car driver and his three passengers were arrested on Wednesday (Mar 6) after a major accident along Bukit Timah Road that also involved a school bus. 

Two children were among the six people taken to hospital.

The police said they were alerted to the incident at about 6am.

The car caught fire when it crashed, the police said, adding that its officers pulled two passengers – a 27-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman – to safety. 

“A 26-year-old male car driver was arrested for failing to provide (a) breath specimen,” the police said. 

Another man in the car, aged 22, was arrested for traffic-related offences along with the other two passengers.

The four people in the car were taken to hospital. The other two taken to hospital were children from the school bus, aged eight and nine. Police said all of them were conscious.

Police investigations are ongoing.