Aug 10, 2009
RUN OVER BY TRAIN
Families, friends mourn poly duo
Mr Goh Sheng Yao and his friend Clara Lee Jing Yu (next picture) - both final-year hospitality students at Republic Polytechnic - were run over by a train on Saturday.
Pals recall woman as cheerful and easy-going; teen's family wants matter 'settled quietly'
By Serene Luo
WITH heavy hearts, a middle-aged couple trekked to a spot along the railway tracks in Upper Bukit Timah yesterday morning, where their son, Mr Goh Sheng Yao, had been run over by a train on Saturday.
Mr Goh's family, including about 20 relatives, faced the adjacent copse of trees while a monk chanted prayers.
The family then went to the mortuary to collect the 19-year-old's body, which had multiple fractures, an open head wound and a severed leg. He was cremated later in the afternoon.
'We just want to settle the matter quietly,' the youth's father told The Straits Times at his Bukit Batok flat.
Mr Goh and his friend, Miss Clara Lee Jing Yu, 20, both final-year hospitality students at Republic Polytechnic, were supposedly sitting on the railway tracks in the early hours of Saturday morning when a train bound for Malaysia ran them over.
Miss Lee will be cremated this morning, following a day's wake at the void deck of her Clementi home.
More than 50 friends and family went to pay their respects yesterday afternoon, some of them talking quietly or sobbing when viewing the open casket.
Her forehead and nose appeared bruised, while earlier reports had said her right leg was nearly severed at the knee.
Friends and family all said Miss Lee was an extremely 'cheerful' and 'easy-going' person.
One of Miss Lee's aunts said: 'We are 100 per cent sure it was not a suicide.'
It is understood that police took Miss Lee's computer away for investigations, but did not find a suicide note in it.
Miss Lee's friends said she was very driven and 'knew what she wanted in life, even as a teenager'.
Mr Sky Khoo Zhi Hao, 26, who was once her colleague selling health and wellness products, said he remembered discussing sales strategies and goals in life often, over a box of doughnuts, of which she was partial to the chocolate ones.
'Even though she was younger than me, she would motivate me,' he said.
Another of her former colleagues, who wanted to be known only as Bernard, said he would remember her bright smile.
They used to go for dinner or karaoke together, and he would tease her mercilessly 'about everything'.
Mr Khoo added: 'I just hope she will rest in peace.' <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
RUN OVER BY TRAIN
Families, friends mourn poly duo
Mr Goh Sheng Yao and his friend Clara Lee Jing Yu (next picture) - both final-year hospitality students at Republic Polytechnic - were run over by a train on Saturday.
Pals recall woman as cheerful and easy-going; teen's family wants matter 'settled quietly'
By Serene Luo
WITH heavy hearts, a middle-aged couple trekked to a spot along the railway tracks in Upper Bukit Timah yesterday morning, where their son, Mr Goh Sheng Yao, had been run over by a train on Saturday.
Mr Goh's family, including about 20 relatives, faced the adjacent copse of trees while a monk chanted prayers.
The family then went to the mortuary to collect the 19-year-old's body, which had multiple fractures, an open head wound and a severed leg. He was cremated later in the afternoon.
'We just want to settle the matter quietly,' the youth's father told The Straits Times at his Bukit Batok flat.
Mr Goh and his friend, Miss Clara Lee Jing Yu, 20, both final-year hospitality students at Republic Polytechnic, were supposedly sitting on the railway tracks in the early hours of Saturday morning when a train bound for Malaysia ran them over.
Miss Lee will be cremated this morning, following a day's wake at the void deck of her Clementi home.
More than 50 friends and family went to pay their respects yesterday afternoon, some of them talking quietly or sobbing when viewing the open casket.
Her forehead and nose appeared bruised, while earlier reports had said her right leg was nearly severed at the knee.
Friends and family all said Miss Lee was an extremely 'cheerful' and 'easy-going' person.
One of Miss Lee's aunts said: 'We are 100 per cent sure it was not a suicide.'
It is understood that police took Miss Lee's computer away for investigations, but did not find a suicide note in it.
Miss Lee's friends said she was very driven and 'knew what she wanted in life, even as a teenager'.
Mr Sky Khoo Zhi Hao, 26, who was once her colleague selling health and wellness products, said he remembered discussing sales strategies and goals in life often, over a box of doughnuts, of which she was partial to the chocolate ones.
'Even though she was younger than me, she would motivate me,' he said.
Another of her former colleagues, who wanted to be known only as Bernard, said he would remember her bright smile.
They used to go for dinner or karaoke together, and he would tease her mercilessly 'about everything'.
Mr Khoo added: 'I just hope she will rest in peace.' <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
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