Singapore, March 30 -- We refer to Madam Teo Geok Har's letter (Why wait for police to clear road for ambulance?, March 25).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call about a motor vehicle accident along Upper Changi Road East on March 23 at 6.45am. An ambulance was dispatched, and it arrived at the accident scene six minutes later.
Upon arrival, the SCDF ambulance crew found three casualties - a motorcyclist, and the driver and a passenger of a car. None of the casualties had serious or life-threatening injuries. An SCDF paramedic assessed that the motorcyclist required attention first as he had sustained lacerations to his lower limbs, while the other two had minor injuries.
The paramedic took the motorcyclist into th...