SHE was driving along Braddell Road when she heard a bang at the back of the van.
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| A WRECK: The lorry overturns and lands on its side on the centre divider. Its driver was later taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. |
Madam Ho See Luan, 55, a vegetable supplier, said: 'Then the van shook violently. I stopped the van on the right lane to check what happened.'
It turned out that a lorry had collided into the back of her van at about 2.45pm yesterday afternoon .
Madam Ho was on her way home from her workplace in Bukit Batok. She lives in Serangoon.
Her husband, who declined to be named, was in the van with her.
When Madam Ho and her husband got out of the van, they saw that a police car was already there.
'We saw a large blue lorry had crashed through the metal barrier and overturned on the centre divider,' she said.
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| SHOCKED: Madam Ho says her van shook violently. |
'The police officers were helping the driver out of the lorry.'
Madam Ho said she was driving at not more than 60 kmh when the accident happened.
'I drive along this road every day, and there are always many cars on this road so it's hard to drive faster than that,' she said. ' I didn't even see the lorry in my rearview mirror.'
When The New Paper arrived at the scene at about 3.30pm, paramedics were attending to the lorry driver.
A police spokesman said they got a call at about 2.45pm about an accident involving a van and a lorry along Braddell Road, towards Bartley Road.
The lorry driver, a man in his early 40s, was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital with injuries.
Police investigations are ongoing.
The police are appealing for witnesses to call the Traffic Police Hotline at 1800-5471818.
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