thinking of him again
Monday, October 20, 2008 |12:54 AM
woke up on sat morning to read this on the papers:
Crash kills two; car torn into two
The two best friends were supposed to meet another group of friends for a late night's supper at Geylang Road. But they never did.
The car they were driving in slammed into a tree and both buddies were killed.
The horrific accident happened on Oct 16, at around 11.45pm.
The red Subaru WRX was forcefully torn into two - the front end of the car ended up three metres apart from its back half. The car's contents were strewn all over the road.
The car engine also burst into flames but the fire was put out in five minutes, The Straits Times reported.
The impact threw both driver, Mr Kerk Teck Guan, and passenger, Mr Ng Wei Liang, out of the car. It was so great that Mr Kerk's right arm was severed.
Both suffered multiple injuries and died 1 1/2 hours later in Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
A Chinese national ,26, who works in the food industry, told Shin Min Daily News that he was nearby making a phone call when he heard the screeching sound of a car braking, followed by a loud bang.
According to Shin Min, he saw the car engine on fire and two men lying on the ground in a pool of blood, next to the car.
The man, who wanted to be known only as Mr Zhang, said that after the accident, he saw a bicycle that stopped by the site of the crash.
Mr Zhang also expressed that he often saw cyclists along that stretch of road.
But he was not sure whether the driver of the car had been trying to avoid the cyclist.
Mr Kerk's uncle also told Shin Min that at the time of the crash, one of his friends had seen a cyclist approaching the same road but against the traffic flow. The friend was following behind in another car.
My first reaction is..to look at the names of the people involved. In fact each time i read about news of accidents on N-S Highway its the same reaction. I look at the names of the people involved. My mind is always afraid that something will happen to him. Especially when i read news that involve Subarus and WRX.
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