Thursday, Jun 21, 2012
AsiaOne
Driver rams into family on pavement, killing one
SINGAPORE - An elderly lady in her 60s died and three others were injured after a car mounted a curb and ploughed into them.
The fatal accident occurred at Woodlands Drive 14 at about 5.45pm.
According to news reports, the victims were related.
64-year-old Wei Han Xiao, her daugher-in-law and two grandsons were reportedly on their way to a nearby coffeeshop for their dinner when the accident occurred.
According to an eyewitness that the Shin Min Daily spoke to, the car - which had P-plates - was moving along the road when it suddenly swerved to the left and did not stop after mounting the pavement.
Mdm Wei and the two young boys were flung several metres away after being struck. Mdm Wei remained on the ground motionless where she fell, said an eyewitness. She died in hospital at around 8pm.
Mdm Wei's daughter-in-law, Mdm Ho, and Mdm Ho's sons aged about seven to nine were conscious, and were sent to Khoo Teck Puat hospital.
Mdm Ho, 35, fractured her left foot from the accident. Her older son fractured his left leg while the younger boy suffered minor scratches.
According to another eyewitness, the driver eventually got out of the car to help. However, he walked back to the car and seemed to be trying to escape.
Another driver, afraid that he would get away, deliberately drove forward and blocked his way, said the eyewitness.
The New Paper and Shin Min Daily both reported that a slight commotion erupted between some men at about 6.30pm, with two men threatening to beat another - believed to be the driver of the car - up.
The driver told reporters from the Chinese evening daily that he had swerved the car in order to avoid a boy who had ran onto the road. He also denied any attempt at escaping the scene.
The driver was arrested at the scene and investigations are ongoing.
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