One person had to be rescued from one of the buses by officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
In response to a CNA query, SCDF said that it was alerted to the incident shortly after it occurred.
“Upon SCDF’s arrival, a person was trapped at the driver’s seat of a bus. SCDF rescued the person using hydraulic rescue equipment,” SCDF said.
“SCDF conveyed 44 persons to the hospitals.”
In footage and photos of the incident’s aftermath obtained by 8world, a number of injured people can be seen sitting and lying on the ground, with one image showing an individual lying on the floor of one of the buses.
SCDF officers are seen assisting the injured, with the area cordoned off by the police.
The police told CNA that of those taken to hospital, 42 were passengers while the other two were the buses’ drivers. They were all “conveyed conscious to the hospital”.
“A 49-year-old male bus driver is assisting with investigations,” the police added.
Police investigations are ongoing.