PRC NATIONAL DRIVING A CEMENT MIXER MOWED DOWN 2 PRIMARY STUDENTS

PRC national driving a cement mixer mowed down 2 primary students cycling home along Tampines Street 44 resulting 2 dead.

TWO brothers were killed in a gruesome traffic accident in Tampines earlier on Monday.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it had received a call at around 5:43pm, and that the boys died after being hit by a truck at the junction of Tampines Ave 9 and Tampines St 45. The 13-year-old male cyclist and the 7-year-old male pillion were pronounced dead at scene by paramedics.

The younger boy was found in the uniform of Tampines North Primary School.

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