Girl, 14, among 3 injured after minibus falls into Bukit Panjang monsoon drain
The minibus appears to be from the International Community School, an international school in Jubilee Road.
SINGAPORE - Three people were taken to hospital after a minibus fell into a monsoon drain near the Senja-Cashew Community Centre in Bukit Panjang on the afternoon of Aug 19 .
Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the accident near the junction of Bukit Panjang Road and Bukit Panjang Ring Road at about 1.10pm.
The accident involved a bus and a mini-bus, police said.
Three people were brought to safety after SCDF officers used a ladder to access the drain.
A 68-year-old male mini-bus driver and his two female passengers, aged 14 and 53 , were taken conscious to hospital, police said.
Two of them were taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and another was taken to KK Women's and Children's Hospital .
A mini-bus fell into a drain near the junction of Bukit Panjang Road and Bukit Panjang Ring Road on Aug 25.
PHOTO: SG ROAD VIGILANTE/FACEBOOK
Photos posted on Facebook show the mini-bus , with a damaged bumper, in the middle of the drain. Several workers can be seen near the vehicle.
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The mini-bus appears to be from the International Community School , an international school in Jubilee Road, off West Coast Road .
Police investigations are ongoing.
The Straits Times has contacted the school for more information.
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