Another Accident! Sin Ming!

[RadX]

Dunno posted here, but this deserves a thread!

 

This breaks my heart! Good boy and this had to happen! Sigh.

 

 

 

http://youthphoria.stomp.com.sg/breaking_news/article/4097

 

Student killed in Sin Ming Ave accident was excited about poly life

 

 

 

By Joyce Lim
The Straits Times
Sunday, May 11, 2014

It was a dream come true when Tien Kang Fan got into a polytechnic.

The former Bishan Park Secondary School student was thrilled as he had not thought his results were good enough.

He had started at Ngee Ann Polytechnic just two weeks ago, in what his mother said were "probably the happiest two weeks in his life".

But it has all come to an end for the 18-year-old logistics and supply management student, who was taken off life support on Thursday morning after he was run over by a lorry on Monday and left brain dead.

Getting into a polytechnic had given Kang Fan hope of a good future, in which he could provide a better living for his parents, said his good friend Koh Jun Wee, 18.

And he had worked very hard, his father Tien Yoon Seong, 49, a construction supervisor, told The Straits Times at his wake.

"My son was never afraid of hard work. He spent long hours studying every day to prepare for his O-level examinations," he said.

"He needed help with his schoolwork, but delayed asking for tuition as he was worried if I could afford the extra expenses."

Kang Fan was crossing the road at Sin Ming Avenue just past 7am last Monday when the accident took place. He was on his way to school.

He was excited about poly life, said his mother Lee Kim Ling, 52, a hawker assistant. She recalled how he would jump onto her bed every night to tell her about his day in school.

"He was like a big boy, showing me photographs that he had taken in school of his activities and friends," said Madam Lee, her voice trembling.

Kang Fan's parents had no doubt that the second of their three sons would do well in life.

Many described him as sensible and hard-working. Kang Fan's former cashier colleague at FairPrice, who gave her name only as Madam Lew, said: "Whenever there is a school break, he would work to earn some extra money. I always see him taking his mother to the supermarket and he would pay for the groceries.

"He would also help the elderly carry their groceries. It's a pity he died so young," said the 50-year-old.

Police said a 55-year-old Singaporean lorry driver is helping with investigations. The accident killed another pedestrian, Madam Khoo Thuan Kheng, 72.

Almost a hundred relatives, friends and teachers as well as former colleagues from FairPrice turned up at Kang Fan's wake in Ang Mo Kio. He was cremated on Saturday.

 

[Watwheels]

The accident killed two. I wonder what happened?

 

Poor boy. Poor auntie. RIP

Edited May 16, 2014 by Watwheels

[Lycanthrope]

too much construction liao ... look at the thomson ..totally bare ..no more trees ... KNN man

[Baal]

RIP to the boy.

 

Maybe after the family has pulled themselves together, the father, being in the construction industry could share (from the horses mouth) the working conditions of lorry drivers in this sector.

[ChickenMob]

  On 5/16/2014 at 12:10 AM, Lycanthrope said:

too much construction liao ... look at the thomson ..totally bare ..no more trees ... KNN man

 

RIP......

[Zexel]

tragic... rest in peace man..

[Kklim]

RIP.

[So_nice]

Newspaper so quick to point out when it's a Singaporean but be as vague as possible when it's not. Well done.

 

Hope this boy and the old lady rip. 阿弥陀佛

[Mockngbrd]

not too many construction, its just the extremely lax enforcement of commercial vehicles' reckless driving attitudes.

[Hamburger]

my heart goes out to his family, RIP Kang Fan....

[Vid]

Don't know what to say.... read the article and almost in tears [bigcry]

 

Gone too soon.... RIP

[Enye]

RIP

 

too many big lorries and dump trucks in the heartlands

 

sometimes i stop at traffic light, around 50% are big trucks

 

[Mrmilktooth]

RIP... this is very sad..

[Shull]

  On 5/16/2014 at 5:35 AM, Enye said:

RIP

 

too many big lorries and dump trucks in the heartlands

 

sometimes i stop at traffic light, around 50% are big trucks

 

 

I say bring back the speed limiter and the blinking lights on top of all commercial vehicles.

 

Also increase the frequency of inspection from annually to quarterly.

[Quantum]

  On 5/16/2014 at 12:10 AM, Lycanthrope said:

too much construction liao ... look at the thomson ..totally bare ..no more trees ... KNN man

too much accident liao, Singapore road really bacome as dangerous as a tiger‘s mouth,

 

speechless, lorry drivers

[Mazda-6]

Very heartbreaking. Young man with so much life, taken away. Well at least he has moved onto a better place. RIP. My heart goes out to his family.

[Knoobie]

the dad is also in construction industry...

 

TP ar TP, so many die liao you still cannot see??

[Othello]

  On 5/16/2014 at 7:41 AM, Knoobie said:

the dad is also in construction industry...

 

TP ar TP, so many die liao you still cannot see??

 

they rather catch illegal exhaust

 

poor boy being a father to 2 boys, I can imagine the anguish and heartbreak ....