Local farmers in Western Australia were roped in to help right a four-wheel-drive tour bus that had overturned near Perth on Sunday.
The tour bus, which was carrying 34 passengers, including 30 Singaporeans, rolled backwards and flipped down a sand dune in Lancelin, about 130km north of Perth.
The group was on a "dealers' trip" organised by tyre company Bridgestone Singapore, as a way to reward its distributors. Six staff members accompanied the dealers on the trip.
At least two of the Singaporean victims are in "critical but stable" condition, a spokesman for the Royal Perth Hospital told my paper yesterday.
Police borrowed farm machinery called a "grader" from a local farmer to push the bus upright so that it could be moved away, said a spokesman for the Western Australia Police.
Of the 30 Singaporeans involved in the accident in Lancelin, 130km north of Perth, seven were still in hospital, said Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in a statement, adding that 23 have been discharged from hospital and are making plans to return to Singapore over the next few days.
Of those injured, four were at the Royal Perth Hospital.
Two – a man and a woman – were in "critical but stable" condition, while two others' status was stable, said a spokesman for the hospital.
ABC news reported on its website that a 38-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man were in critical condition with spinal injuries.ORIGINAL SOURCE
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