4-vehicle crash: Drug suspect arrested for dangerous driving

In a 43-second video, a red car is seen hitting the driver's side of a lorry. The red car mounts the kerb and goes off the road while the lorry swerves across the road and over the barrier into oncoming traffic.
After the accident, a two-year-old girl as well as three male drivers and a woman passenger were taken to hospital. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
After the accident, a two-year-old girl as well as three male drivers and a woman passenger were taken to hospital. PHOTOS: LIANHE ZAOBAO
In a 43-second video, a red car is seen hitting the driver's side of a lorry. The red car mounts the kerb and goes off the road while the lorry swerves across the road and over the barrier into oncoming traffic. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

A 34-year-old man was arrested for dangerous driving and suspected drug-related offences after an accident in Bedok North Road involving three cars and a lorry on Tuesday night.

A two-year-old girl was taken to KK Women's and Children's Hospital, while four others - three male drivers aged 31, 55 and 69, as well as a woman passenger, 31 - were conscious when they were taken to Changi General Hospital.

The police said they were alerted at 8.53pm to the accident in Bedok North Road towards Tampines Avenue 10.

In a 43-second video uploaded to the Singapore roads accident.com Facebook page, a red car is seen hitting the driver's side of a lorry.

The red car mounts the kerb and goes off the road while the lorry swerves across the road and over the barrier into oncoming traffic.

The police said yesterday that they are investigating the acci-dent.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 28, 2020, with the headline 4-vehicle crash: Drug suspect arrested for dangerous driving. Subscribe