Motorcyclist dies after being pinned under taxi

SINGAPORE - An accident along Bedok Reservoir Road that occurred around 10pm on Friday, May 18 claimed one life.

The accident was between a motorbike and a taxi according to a report on local citizen journalism site, Stomp.

The New Paper also reported that the motorcyclist, 24, was killed after he was pinned under the taxi. The taxi driver and his two passengers were unharmed.

The motorbike had been 'reduced to scrap metal and the taxi had its door dented,' claimed netizen Akunameless on Stomp.

The netizen who was on his way home in bus 66, said that all the passengers alighted as the Singapore Civil Defence force and the Traffic Police had blocked off the road.

SCDF told The New Paper that they had received the call at 10.32pm and that the man was pronounced dead by paramedics at 11.05pm.

He suffered head and abdominal injuries.

A witness, Mr Shaidin, 24, who spoke to The New Paper said that the motorcyclist was initially moving and he spoken words of encouragement to him.

But by the time help arrived the victim was motionless.

He had also helped to direct traffic away from the accident site.