SINGAPORE - Three pedestrians were killed after a lorry&nbsp;crashed into them near Yio&nbsp;Chu Kang MRT Station on Monday (Apr 23). The 25-year-old lorry driver has been arrested for causing death by negligent act.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it responded to an accident involving a lorry, bus and three pedestrians near Yio Chu Kang MRT Station at 9.38am.

SCDF extricated two pedestrians from underneath the lorry using a rescue lifting airbag. All three pedestrians were declared dead at the scene.

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He is believed to be Singaporean.Three pedestrians died after a lorry is believed to have crashed into them near Yio Chu Kang MRT station on Monday morning (April 23).

The 25-year-old male lorry driver, who suffered injuries in the accident, has been arrested for causing death by a negligent act. 

The police said they were alerted to a traffic accident involving a lorry, an SBS Transit bus and three pedestrians in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 at about 9.30am.

All three pedestrians were pronounced dead by SCDF paramedics at the scene.

The police said that they were alerted to a traffic accident along Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 towards Marymount Road involving a lorry, an SBS Transit bus and three pedestrians at 9.36am.

A traffic light pole is on the road along with a mangled railing. 

SBS Transit senior vice-president of corporate communications Tammy Tan told The Straits Times the SBS bus was waiting at the traffic light when the lorry hit the three pedestrians before crashing into the bus. 

None of the bus passengers were hurt, Ms Tan added. "Our hearts go out to the family of the pedestrians."

The front of the lorry appears to be damaged and the front windscreen of a double-decker SBS Transit bus behind it is shattered.

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SINGAPORE - Three pedestrians were killed after a lorry crashed into them near Yio Chu Kang MRT Station on Monday (Apr 23). The 25-year-old lorry driver has been arrested for causing death by negligent act. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it responded to an accident involving a lorry, bus and three pedestrians near Yio Chu Kang MRT...

Lorry driver arrested after 3 pedestrians killed in accident near Yio Chu Kang MRT station