SINGAPORE – Two passengers were sent to the hospital on Saturday (June 25) after they were flung from a Sentosa beach tram.
According to Lianhe Wanbao, the packed tram was heading towards Tanjong Beach from Palawan Beach when the gantry arm dividing the two zones suddenly fell on the vehicle.
This prompted the driver to apply the emergency brakes. Some passengers lost their balance and were thrown off their seats, the Chinese evening daily reported.
A 60-year-old woman and another male passenger were injured in the chaos.
A Lianhe Wanbao reader, who declined to be named, said that about ten people attended to the elderly passenger, who was in pain.
The police and ambulance personnel arrived shortly after, witnesses told the Chinese paper.
Lianhe Wanbao, Google Maps, The Straits Times
The male passenger was admitted to the National University Hospital, while the 60-year-old woman was sent to Singapore General Hospital for cuts on her forehead and a bruised neck.
The defective gantry arm, which appeared to be functioning properly as it raised for the tram, was later replaced. There were visible scratch marks on the detached crossbar, Lianhe Wanbao reported.
A Sentosa Development Corporation spokesperson told Lianhe Wanbao that they are investigating the incident.
On May 6, a carpark gantry arm at Block 669, Jurong West Avenue 2, fell on a car just as the car was crossing the barrier. No one was injured in the incident, and the driver was compensated by Guthrie Engineering, the carpark operator.
grongloh@sph.com.sg
The Straits Times, The New Paper, Zaobao
