Four people were taken to Sengkang General Hospital after a four-vehicle collision on the Tampines Expressway on Saturday evening, according to the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
The crash happened on the TPE heading toward the Pan-Island Expressway near the Lorong Halus exit. Police said they were alerted at about 4.45 p.m. Social media footage circulated by the SG Road Vigilante page showed multiple emergency vehicles at the scene, including three ambulances and a police car, with responders wheeling a patient toward an ambulance.
Who was involved
Police identified those hospitalised as two male lorry drivers, aged 26 and 31, and a 48-year-old female car driver along with her 17-year-old male passenger. All four were conscious when paramedics transported them, police said. SCDF told media outlets that a fifth person was assessed for minor injuries at the scene and declined a trip to hospital.
The vehicles involved were two lorries and two cars, according to Lianhe Zaobao’s Saturday account. The collision occupied the right-hand lanes, forcing traffic to squeeze past cordons and slowing the Saturday evening commute toward the city.
Response and road impact
SCDF said it dispatched ambulances after the traffic accident alert along the TPE toward the PIE. Officers placed traffic cones to channel vehicles away from the damaged cars and lorries while investigators photographed skid marks and debris.
Expressway incidents near major exits like Lorong Halus can ripple across the northeastern road network because drivers divert onto parallel arterials with tighter junctions. On Saturday, motorists reported heavier queues on connectors toward Punggol and Sengkang while the right lanes remained partially blocked.
What police say is still open
Police described their investigation as ongoing and did not release a preliminary cause on Saturday night. In Singapore, Traffic Police typically reconstruct multi-vehicle crashes using dashcam submissions, highway cameras, and vehicle damage patterns before deciding whether to charge anyone for careless or dangerous driving.
Until those findings are published, fleet operators and ride-hail drivers should expect sporadic slowdowns on the TPE toward the PIE during peak periods while repair crews clear remaining debris. Commuters can check Land Transport Authority traffic advisories for lane reopenings.
What insurers and fleets watch for
Multi-vehicle expressway claims in Singapore often hinge on camera angles that show following distance and lane discipline at merge points. Insurers said Saturday they had not released aggregate loss estimates for the crash, but brokers typically flag four-vehicle chains as higher severity because multiple third-party claims can stack before subrogation talks begin.
For logistics firms running Saturday evening delivery windows, the Lorong Halus corridor links northeastern housing estates to central business districts. Delays measured in tens of minutes can cascade into missed cold-chain windows; operators rerouted some trucks onto the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway until the TPE shoulder fully reopened.