Car crashes into Andrew Rd property, driver unhurt
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Thursday May 24, 8:17 AM
SINGAPORE: It is not an everyday sight - a car crashing into a house - but it did happen along Andrew Road on Wednesday at about 2pm.
A Proton Savvy somersaulted and landed upside down in the garden of the house off Lornie Road, stopping inches away from the living room.
The garden is some five metres lower than street level.
Amazingly, driver Lim Hwee Joo came out unhurt, but dazed.
She was taken to hospital in an ambulance, just to be safe.
"I asked her, "Did you come from the highway, from the flyover?" She said yes. I told her it's illegal to do a left turn from there because there's another slip road coming up and that flyover is supposed to go straight. She said she didn't know about it," said the owner of the house, Daniel Lee.
And Mr Lee said this is not the first time that a car has crashed into his house.
"The first and second time happened a year or two ago. There was another girl who did the same thing. She avoided the car coming from the flyover and then another time a taxi driver did the same thing, also from the flyover."
The Lees are happy that no one was hurt, but still there was a fair amount of damage to their garden.
They are hoping the Land Transport Authority will take appropriate measures to prevent a fourth accident.
A crane was later used to lift the car out of the garden. - CNA/yy -
Haha
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It's rather hilarious, but glad that none was hurt. I think LTA should install barrier to prevent vehicles from flying in. I wouldn't want to stay in a house where there's UFO flying in once in a blue moon.
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good what, whatever car, fly in, can go buy 4D
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i really wonder, how is it possible for a car to land into a house
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at first when i watch the news,didnt hear properly..tot it was freaky that so many accident in the same spot..now i get it,it sounds rather dangerous..funny? hmmm...not funny anymore if she would have died..so i call it lucky
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stupid female drivers.
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no la..cannot blame like that..if its first time,u can say like that..but its been happening 3 times already..so must blame on the road layoutOriginally posted by alwaysdisturbed:stupid female drivers. -
blame on the road layout? how about other vehicles that pass there everyday?Originally posted by Garage R:no la..cannot blame like that..if its first time,u can say like that..but its been happening 3 times already..so must blame on the road layout
from the article
"I asked her, "Did you come from the highway, from the flyover?" She said yes. I told her it's illegal to do a left turn from there because there's another slip road coming up and that flyover is supposed to go straight. She said she didn't know about it," said the owner of the house, Daniel Lee.
i'm not sure if there are signs. what i think is she probably ignored it. -
It's 50:50 i guess..half driver's fault, half layout's fault..haha..luckily the driver escaped unscathed..
Shows that Proton's claim of the Savvy's high rigidity is true..haha.. -
I wonder what her insurance premium will be like, next year on (that is, if she's allowed to keep driving).
Valuation of car: S$ 50,000
Insurance Premium: S$ 3,000,000
Reason: Must add cost of house -
That's lotus designed suspension for you.
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Lotus is so restricted under Proton Holdings..they are so underrated..someone please buy Lotus away from Proton!Originally posted by ditzy:That's lotus designed suspension for you. -
Monday June 4, 8:17 AM
Car collision in Mandai leaves 11 injured, one dead
SINGAPORE: A deadly car collision on Saturday night left 11 injured and one dead.
Police said that at about 8.15pm, two cars collided at the junction of Mandai Road and Mandai Lake Road.
Ten passengers and the drivers from both vehicles were injured and sent to National University Hospital.
Just over three hours later, one of the passengers, a Malay woman in her early 40s, died.
Police are appealing for witnesses to call the hotline number 1800-547-1818.
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WOW..11 injured and 1 dead? That's quite a "big bang"..literally..Originally posted by SMRT Buses:Monday June 4, 8:17 AM
Car collision in Mandai leaves 11 injured, one dead
SINGAPORE: A deadly car collision on Saturday night left 11 injured and one dead.
Police said that at about 8.15pm, two cars collided at the junction of Mandai Road and Mandai Lake Road.
Ten passengers and the drivers from both vehicles were injured and sent to National University Hospital.
Just over three hours later, one of the passengers, a Malay woman in her early 40s, died.
Police are appealing for witnesses to call the hotline number 1800-547-1818.
- CNA/so
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hmm.. previously oso a female driver leh..Originally posted by Garage R:at first when i watch the news,didnt hear properly..tot it was freaky that so many accident in the same spot..now i get it,it sounds rather dangerous..funny? hmmm...not funny anymore if she would have died..so i call it lucky 
den another is taxi driver.. but nv state gender..