ISKANDAR PUTERI, July 25 -- A trailer carrying chemicals plunged into the sea off the Second Link crossing late yesterday afternoon, following a collision with another trailer at Kilometre 0.8 of the PLUS Expressway heading from Tuas, Singapore.

The Iskandar Puteri Fire and Rescue Station received a distress call regarding the incident at 5:41 pm yesterday.

Operations commander Nurmala Sideli said a Fire Rescue Tender (FRT) with seven personnel from the Iskandar Puteri station was immediately dispatched to the scene.

"Upon arrival, it was found that the collision had caused one of the trailer's chemical tanks to fall into the sea," she said in a statement last night. Pictures and video footage of the accident had circulated on social m...