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Dec 14, 2010
TEEN FALLS INTO POND
Teen drowns in Yishun
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Teens drowns after falling into pond in Yishun. -- PHOTO: NATIONAL PARKS
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A 14-YEAR-OLD drowned after he fell into a pond in Yishun last Saturday.
Shawn Oh, a Secondary 1 student at Yishun Secondary School, was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital after police arrived at the scene, but died the following morning.
An 18-year-old youth who was with Shawn at the time was later arrested for sniffing glue and for insulting a police officer.
The two teenagers were sitting on a railing that fenced off the Yishun pond, which carried signs warning visitors about the deep waters, when Shawn fell in. His friend pulled him out but Shawn was unconscious by then.
A close friend and schoolmate told The Straits Times on Monday that the teen had been on parole since being caught for sniffing glue last year.
In the past six months, he had had to go for regular blood and urine tests.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
CHERYL ONG
TEEN FALLS INTO POND
Teen drowns in Yishun
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A 14-YEAR-OLD drowned after he fell into a pond in Yishun last Saturday.
Shawn Oh, a Secondary 1 student at Yishun Secondary School, was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital after police arrived at the scene, but died the following morning.
An 18-year-old youth who was with Shawn at the time was later arrested for sniffing glue and for insulting a police officer.
The two teenagers were sitting on a railing that fenced off the Yishun pond, which carried signs warning visitors about the deep waters, when Shawn fell in. His friend pulled him out but Shawn was unconscious by then.
A close friend and schoolmate told The Straits Times on Monday that the teen had been on parole since being caught for sniffing glue last year.
In the past six months, he had had to go for regular blood and urine tests.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
CHERYL ONG