An elderly lady unfortunately met a tragic end on the way to the market when a runaway bus rolled down a slope and collided into her at traffic junction in Bukit Panjang.
What made it more uncanny was the fact that the bus that hit her was, in fact, a funeral bus.
The freak accident occured last Friday morning near Bangkit Market, where 68-year-old Ong Lim had just finished her shopping, The New Paper reported. She had been standing on a kerb at the junction of Bukit Panjang Ring Road and Bukit Panjang Road, trying to hail a taxi when the bus — belonging to the Singapore Muslim Casket — crashed into her.
Ong was conveyed to the National University Hospital (NUH) soon after, but succumbed to her injuries around 11.15am.
As for how the runaway bus rolled down by itself, the police are still investigating. Singapore Muslim Casket informed reporters that the bus driver had parked the bus and engaged the handbrake before entering Al-Iman Mosque for a toilet break. It was only when the driver heard a commotion that he realised that an accident involving his bus had taken place nearby.
Investigations are ongoing.
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