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He was driving behind a lorry crane when he noticed that its boom (the lifting arm of a crane) was extended.

Then he heard a loud bang.
The boom had smashed into an overhead bridge, dislodging two large pieces. But Mr Tonny Neo, 37, did not see them.
Before he could react, one piece plunged towards his car and pierced the windscreen on the front passenger side.
The 3m-long metal rod brushed against the left side of his body and - to his horror - continued towards his wife and baby in the rear.
Miraculously, the rod went between mother and son and stopped a mere 2cm from the six-month-old baby in a car seat.
The baby's left knee was bruised while Mr Neo suffered fractures to his ribs and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The family's close shave happened around 10.30am on Oct 29, 2011, after the exit at Paya Lebar Road on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in the direction of Tuas.
Mr Neo, who is self-employed, was driving back to his office at Bukit Batok.
While driving along the PIE, he saw the lorry crane with the extended boom in front of his silver Toyota Allion.
"Suddenly, I heard a loud bang. My instinct told me something might fall. I tried to avoid it but it happened too fast," Mr Neo said.
A part of the boom that had been dislodged landed beside his car, while the other piece came hurtling towards him and smashed into the windscreen.
"I thought I was going to die. I never expected it to hit me. I thought I could avoid it, but it came right into my car."
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PSP415

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Thank God no fatalities. And it came so close to the baby.....I believe in guardian angels and this one was alert too.

 

Safe ride and must be extra careful travelling behind/in front/beside this type of vehicles including lorries carrying construction materials/debris/stones/pebbles. Had to activate my free insurance windscreen replacement last week when a kissing...hissing...stone caused a deep long crackline

on my ride. Unavoidable and din see it till the crack appeared.

 

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Kwchan

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only lane 1 can avoid these heavy vehicles

 

Thank God no fatalities. And it came so close to the baby.....I believe in guardian angels and this one was alert too.

Safe ride and must be extra careful travelling behind/in front/beside this type of vehicles including lorries carrying construction materials/debris/stones/pebbles. Had to activate my free insurance windscreen replacement last week when a kissing...hissing...stone caused a deep long crackline
on my ride. Unavoidable and din see it till the crack appeared.

Cheers

 

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He was driving behind a lorry crane when he noticed that its boom (the lifting arm of a crane) was extended.

Then he heard a loud bang.
The boom had smashed into an overhead bridge, dislodging two large pieces. But Mr Tonny Neo, 37, did not see them.
Before he could react, one piece plunged towards his car and pierced the windscreen on the front passenger side.
The 3m-long metal rod brushed against the left side of his body and - to his horror - continued towards his wife and baby in the rear.
Miraculously, the rod went between mother and son and stopped a mere 2cm from the six-month-old baby in a car seat.
The baby's left knee was bruised while Mr Neo suffered fractures to his ribs and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The family's close shave happened around 10.30am on Oct 29, 2011, after the exit at Paya Lebar Road on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in the direction of Tuas.
Mr Neo, who is self-employed, was driving back to his office at Bukit Batok.
While driving along the PIE, he saw the lorry crane with the extended boom in front of his silver Toyota Allion.
"Suddenly, I heard a loud bang. My instinct told me something might fall. I tried to avoid it but it happened too fast," Mr Neo said.
A part of the boom that had been dislodged landed beside his car, while the other piece came hurtling towards him and smashed into the windscreen.
"I thought I was going to die. I never expected it to hit me. I thought I could avoid it, but it came right into my car."

 

 

why 2011 news now then come out?? For fark?

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Atonchia

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News reporting

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History is very different leh [laugh]

 

So they are telling us now Mr Tonny Neo driving lorry or what is the intention of this piece of information? [confused]

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