Police arrest bus driver after woman dies in accident at Queen Street Bus Terminal

A bus driver was arrested after a 30-year-old woman died in an accident at the Queen Street Bus Terminal in Bugis on Tuesday evening (Oct 6).In response to AsiaOne's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the police said that they were alerted to a road traffic accident at the junction of Queen Street and Arab Street on Oct 6 at around 7:00pm.The woman was found trapped under a bus and was released using hydraulic rescue equipment, according to SCDF.She was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.The police told AsiaOne that a 32-year-old male bus driver was arrested for driving without due care and attention causing death. Police investigations are ongoing.Queen Street bus terminal runs cross-border bus services to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, including SBS Transit Service 170, Causeway Link Service CW2, and the Singapore-Johore Express.Bus service delayedIn a Facebook post on Tuesday night, SBS Transit informed commuters that bus service 170 was delayed and would not operate from Queen Street Bus Terminal due to an accident.