Stewardess killed in crash

[Zhang He]

MAS stewardess killed in crash

Ng Sweet Yuin​

Air stewardess Ng Sweet Yuin’s plan to spend quality time with her grandmother was cut short by a road accident in Georgetown, Penang. The Malaysia Airlines stewardess, 27, died on the spot after her Perodua MyVi was involved in a head-on collision with a Proton Satria driven by a 22-year-old youth on the Jelutong Expressway at 3.15am Thursday.

The youth, said to be an undergraduate who was back from Australia on his semester break, broke his legs and sustained multiple injuries. He is currently warded at Penang Hospital. Ng’s mother Thniah Poh Choo, 52, said her daughter came back from Kuala Lumpur after learning about her grandmother’s leg operation which was scheduled to take place at a private hospital on Thursday.

“She came back on Tuesday. She bought her grandmother a packet of char koay teow on Wednesday night before meeting up with her friends. “She even applied for leave, hoping to meet her grandmother after the operation. I do not know how to tell the old lady about Ng’s death,” she said when met at the Penang Hospital mortuary.

Thniah said her daughter, who had been working as a stewardess for the past two years, had planned to buy a house in Sungai Ara. Penang police traffic enforcement/operations chief Asst Supt Ahmad Ezzely Razali said a blood sample had been taken from the male driver to determine if he had been intoxicated or high on drugs.

 

[Zhang He]

Air stewardess killed in head-on crash


Friday December 3, 2010

Air stewardess killed in head-on crash

GEORGE TOWN: Air stewardess Ng Sweet Yuin’s plan to spend quality time with her grandmother was cut short by a road accident. The Malaysia Airlines stewardess, 27, died on the spot after her Perodua MyVi was involved in a head-on collision with a Proton Satria driven by a 22-year-old youth on the Jelutong Expressway at 3.15am yesterday. The youth, an undergraduate who was back from Australia on his semester break, broke both legs and sustained multiple injuries.

Tragic crash: The scene of the accident at the Jelutong Expressway yesterday. Ng (inset) was killed in the collision.
He is currently warded at Penang Hospital.

Ng’s mother Thniah Poh Choo, 52, said her daughter came back from Kuala Lumpur after learning about her grandmother’s operation which was scheduled at a private hospital yesterday. “She came back on Tuesday. She bought her grandmother a packet of char koay teow on Wednesday night before meeting up with her friends.

“She even applied for leave today (yesterday), hoping to see her grandmother after the operation. “I do not know how to tell the old lady about Ng’s death,” she said, when met at the Penang Hospital mortuary. Thniah said her daughter, who had been working as a stewardess for the past two years, had planned to buy a house in Sungai Ara.

Penang police traffic enforcement/operations chief Asst Supt Ahmad Ezzely Razali said a blood sample had been taken from the male driver to determine if he had been intoxicated or high on drugs at that time.

 

[Zhang He]

Youth driver was on the wrong lane, claim eyewitnesses


Saturday December 4, 2010

Youth driver was on the wrong lane, claim eyewitnesses

GEORGE TOWN: Investigations into the road accident that killed a Malaysia Airlines stewardess showed the other car involved was travelling against traffic. State traffic police enforcement/operations chief Asst Supt Ahmad Ezzely Razali said eyewitnesses told the investigating officer that the 22-year-old youth had turned into the wrong lane upon coming out of a petrol kiosk.

“We will record the youth’s statement once he is declared fit by doctors at the Penang Hospital. “He is unable to speak presently due to injuries to his mouth and cheeks,” he said. On Tuesday, stewardess Ng Sweet Yuin, 27, died on the spot after her Perodua MyVi was involved in a head-on collision with the vehicle driven by the youth on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway at 3.15am.

ASP Ahmad Ezzely said the road divider was not dented or damaged, thus ruling out the possibility that the youth’s car had “jumped over” from the opposite direction before crashing into Ng’s car. “Blood samples have been taken from the drivers to determine if either of them were intoxicated or high on drugs.

“Both cars have also been sent to Puspakom for tests. “The case is being investigated as causing death by reckless or dangerous driving under Section 41 of the Road Transport Act 1987,” he said. Meanwhile, Ng’s mother Thniah Poh Choo, 52, said the family would seek legal redress over the incident.