SINGAPORE – Two Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) students, aged 12 and 13, were taken to National University Hospital (NUH) on April 1 after an accident involving a lorry near their school in Buona Vista.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to an accident at the junction of Ayer Rajah Avenue and North Buona Vista Road at about 2.20pm, and two people were taken to NUH.

The police said two female pedestrians were conscious when taken to the hospital.

In response to queries, Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) principal Wee Tat Chuen said the school is aware of the accident.

Both students could respond clearly to the school’s employees and medical personnel at the scene, he added.

“We are in touch with their parents to provide the necessary support,” he said.

“We are very appreciative of the help and support offered by a group of police officers and members of the public, including a doctor and a trained first-aider, who were in the vicinity and had come forward to help our students.”

A video of the aftermath of the accident on Facebook shows at least 10 passers-by crowded around two people lying on the road at a traffic junction.

A lorry is parked beside them.

The police said a 54-year-old male lorry driver is assisting with investigations.

When The Straits Times arrived at about 5.45pm, the site of the accident appeared to have been cleared.

A mangled US size 7.5 shoe and a plastic cup were on a grass patch nearby. It is not known if these items are related to the incident.

This traffic accident is the latest in 2024 to involve children.

On Jan 23, a four-year-old girl died after a car came from around a street corner and knocked her down. She was walking to her River Valley home after pre-school with her two-year-old sister and their maid.

The police said a 40-year-old woman was arrested under suspicion of careless driving causing death.

And on Jan 30, a 12-year-old girl died after being hit by a van in Taman Jurong, just minutes away from two schools. The van driver, a 23-year-old man, was arrested for careless driving causing death, said the police.