1 Dead, 28 Hurt In Bus Crash

A bus ferrying foreign workers crashed into a lamp post and then a tree at Jalan Bahar on Tuesday night, injuring the driver and 28 workers; one died later.

The bus was carrying 45 Indian nationals from their workplace- a shipyard in Benoi Road, back to their dorms at Lim Chu Kang around 7.30 pm when the driver was said to have lost control after one of the tires burst.

This deadly accident was most unfortunate. It has taken one life.

The others who survived mourned the death of Srinivas Alval, 22, who died of his injuries yesterday.

Srinivas was going to get married soon.

This was a very grave incident.

An excerpt from Home, The Straits Times April 2, 2009.

prepared by Chan Hsien Rong