<Photos: Shin Min Daily News>
A tour bus driver was arrested yesterday (June 5) after knocking down and killing a man in a horrific 'double' accident, where he ran over the victim twice, pinning him underneath the rear wheels of the bus.
The incident took place at the intersection of Geylang Lorong 14 and Talma Road.
According to a Straits Times report, the victim, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Cleaner Amirudin Salim, 29, said he heard a loud scream and saw a man pinned under the back wheel of the tour bus.
Mr Amirudin screamed at the driver and waved at him to stop. Instead, the driver got upset with Mr Amirudin. He reversed the bus, turned to Mr Amirudin and showed him the hand sign for 'what'.
Mr Amirudin told the driver there was somebody under the bus. When the driver got off the bus and squatted down for a look, he was shocked to see what had happened.
The driver, who was visibly confused, was later arrested by police. Police said they received a call about the incident at 8.17am.
Two women and a man, who were visibly distressed and believed to be the driver's relatives, were also at the scene, reports The New Paper.
Lianhe Wanbao reported that one of the driver's female relatives said he had 10 years' experience driving a bus.
Mr Alvin Tan, the operations manager of Sun-Gee Travel, which owns the bus, said the driver was a 52-year-old known as "Ah Koon" who had been going to pick up passengers from a nearby hotel for a city tour, reports The Straits Times.
He said Ah Koon had over a decade of driving experience and had been with the company for more than a year.