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The family was told by a doctor on Tuesday afternoon that there was bleeding in Mr Loo's brain and he was then transferred to NUH. --PHOTO: BH
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A NAVY personnel suffered serious head injuries after the car he was in careened off the road and into a canal early Tuesday morning.
Mr Harence Loo, 22, was with two colleagues when the incident happened at 4.55am on the West Coast Highway.
He was trapped inside the car when the Singapore Civil Defence Forces (SCDF) arrived to get him out. He was taken unconscious to Alexandra Hospital.
The driver, a 28-year-old man, suffered a cut on his forehead and was taken to the National University Hospital (NUH). The third passenger, who was sitting in the front seat of the car, escaped unscathed. He refused to be taken to a hospital, said an SCDF spokesman.
Mr Loo's mother, Madam Seah Soon Toh, 53, found out about her son's accident when the hospital called. Together with Mr Loo's older sister and brother, she rushed to the intensive care unit of Alexandra Hospital, where Mr Loo was warded.
Said Mr Loo's older brother, Hanley, 33: 'We don't know who he was with. We don't care so much about the other two men. It's our brother we worry about now.'
The family was told by a doctor on Tuesday afternoon that there was bleeding in Mr Loo's brain. He was then transferred to NUH.
Madam Seah said her youngest son does not stay out late often. He left home early on Monday evening, but did not tell anybody where he was going.
Mr Loo's older sister, Ms Shirley Loo, 37, said her brother 'has been unconscious all this time, and we can't ask him what actually happened.' Police said the driver smelled of alcohol when they arrived at the scene. Investigations are ongoing. If you have any information about the incident, call the police hotline at 1800-225-0000.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Seriously hurt in accident <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Cheryl Ong
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The family was told by a doctor on Tuesday afternoon that there was bleeding in Mr Loo's brain and he was then transferred to NUH. --PHOTO: BH
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A NAVY personnel suffered serious head injuries after the car he was in careened off the road and into a canal early Tuesday morning.
Mr Harence Loo, 22, was with two colleagues when the incident happened at 4.55am on the West Coast Highway.
He was trapped inside the car when the Singapore Civil Defence Forces (SCDF) arrived to get him out. He was taken unconscious to Alexandra Hospital.
The driver, a 28-year-old man, suffered a cut on his forehead and was taken to the National University Hospital (NUH). The third passenger, who was sitting in the front seat of the car, escaped unscathed. He refused to be taken to a hospital, said an SCDF spokesman.
Mr Loo's mother, Madam Seah Soon Toh, 53, found out about her son's accident when the hospital called. Together with Mr Loo's older sister and brother, she rushed to the intensive care unit of Alexandra Hospital, where Mr Loo was warded.
Said Mr Loo's older brother, Hanley, 33: 'We don't know who he was with. We don't care so much about the other two men. It's our brother we worry about now.'
The family was told by a doctor on Tuesday afternoon that there was bleeding in Mr Loo's brain. He was then transferred to NUH.
Madam Seah said her youngest son does not stay out late often. He left home early on Monday evening, but did not tell anybody where he was going.
Mr Loo's older sister, Ms Shirley Loo, 37, said her brother 'has been unconscious all this time, and we can't ask him what actually happened.' Police said the driver smelled of alcohol when they arrived at the scene. Investigations are ongoing. If you have any information about the incident, call the police hotline at 1800-225-0000.
