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He had no driving licence, yet offered to drive his close friend and two others home after a drinking session. But it ended in a crash along Corporation Road on July 4, 2010 that killed his friend who was due to get married. The other two were seriously injured. On Tuesday, Sikander Singh Gill, 28, was sentenced to 28 months' jail and banned from driving for 10 years after he pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, causing grievous hurt, drink driving and driving without a valid licence. Deputy Public Prosecutor Yang Ziliang told the court that the four men had been drinking beer and whisky at a park near Block 208, Boon Lay Place. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_804906.html

just got reports that a cyclist had been hit by a pickup this morning on Changi Coast Road .... pickup windshield smash, cyclist's bicycle smashed, cyclist covered up. why don't cyclists understand the risks that they put themsleves in ??

A doctor was sentenced to four weeks' jail and banned from driving for five years on Friday for causing the death of a cyclist and four other traffic offences. Teo Tiong Kiat, 65, had admitted to causing the death of freelance writer Mok Chee Kong, 35, and causing grievous hurt to Mr Bertram Leong Poh Meng, 24, a chef, by a negligent act along Clementi Road on March 21, 2010. He had a glass of wine that evening but his breath specimen was below the prescribed legal limit. A third cyclist had testified that he saw Teo's car suddenly swerve into the extreme left lane where his two friends were cycling one behind the other. He heard tyre-screeching sounds followed by a loud collision. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_803049.html

I have faced this several times. Sometimes I did notice and take precaution, sometimes I didn't notice. When I approach a junction (esp. on left most lane), I always notice that bikes will love to be on my right side, then cut infront of me and make a sharp turn to the left. I have already face this numerous times. At least twice if I don't brake hard confirm buang one. Seriously, I wonder what are these bikers doing. How much time can they save but doing such things and do they know that they are endangering their own lives as well as others (not to mention the trouble caused).

An Indian national had more than twice the legal limit for drink driving when his lorry rammed into three pedestrians, one of whom died as a result. Muthukrishnan Gunasekaran, 39, was jailed for 20 months and banned from driving for six years. He pleaded guilty on Wednesday to causing the death of Indian national Natarajan Sugumar, 25, by doing a rash act; causing grievous hurt to two other pedestrians and his front-seat passenger; and driving when he had 76mcg alcohol per 100ml of breath along Toh Guan Road East on Feb 15, 2010. A district court heard that he had whisky the night before with a friend at a coffeeshop. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_799533.html

Anatole Lapine, the Porsche designer behind iconic Porsche models such as the 924, 944 and most notably, the 928 passed away at his home in Germany last week; less than one month before his 82nd birthday. On top of his contributions with the above mentioned Porsche models, Lapine helped put Porsche on the automotive map with his designs for over two decades. Lapine first started out in the automotive industry as an apprentice at Daimler-Benz, just after the Second World War. He was later enticed by General Motors to come to the United States in 1952 to work for them in the advanced body engineering department. General Motors then transferred him back to Germany to work at Opel

A hit-and-run bus driver was charged in court on Monday with causing the death of a pedestrian doing a rash act. Phang Yiap Choy, 28, a Malaysian, faces three charges. He was driving an SMRT bus when he allegedly failed to give way to Madam Ng Sew Hong, 67, at the signalised pedestrian crossing while making a right turn from Yishun Central 1 into Yishun Avenue 2, thus hitting the woman and causing her death. He is also accused of failing to stop after the accident on Oct 28 last year, and to render aid. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_791781.html ------------------- Bus driver charged for hit-and-run death A Malaysian man was Monday charged in court for causing the death of a pedestrian on October 28, 2011. Phang Yiap Choy, 28, allegedly did not give way to Madam Ng Sew Hong (pictured above), 67, at a pedestrian crossing in Yishun. The driver of an SMRT bus hit Madam Ng as he was making a right turn from Yishun Central 1 into Yishun Avenue 2. Phang, who faces three charges in total, is also accused of not stopping after the incident to help, reported The Straits Times. The hit-and-run driver instead fled to Malaysia. Seven hours after the incident happened, Phang turned himself in at the Woodlands checkpoint where he was arrested. The case continues next Friday. Source: http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...423-341595.html

A delivery driver was fined $8,000 and banned from driving for three years on Wednesday for causing the death of a motorcyclist along an expressway. Lim Teck Thim, 53, admitted to making a lane switch from the extreme left to the second left lane of Ayer Rajah Expressway on Jan 7 last year without taking reasonable care, resulting in a collision with Mr Khoo Boon Ann's motorcycle. The 25-year-old was thrown off his machine and run over by a trailer. He died on the spot. Another charge of injuring civil defence officer Chan Bo San, 27, who was also on a motorcycle, was taken into consideration. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_790058.html

A former taxi driver was fined a total of $10,000 on Thursday for causing the death of a motorcyclist and injuring a pillion rider. Goh Kim Keat, 44, was also banned from driving for three years for the Dec 15, 2010 accident. He admitted to causing the death of Mr Abdul Rahim Haji Abdul Hamid, 49, a postman, and causing grievous hurt to his wife, Madam Hajjah Salimah Salleh, 47, who was riding pillion. The court heard that Goh was driving a cab along Thomson Road when he slowed down near the cross junction to make a right turn into Olive Road. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_790448.html

德福巷食品厂　工人脚缠面粉机活搅死 罕见意外发生于德福3巷这家食品厂。食品厂负责人今早受询时表示

CNA news report : Man's body found at Bedok SINGAPORE: The body of a 22-year-old Indian foreign worker was found Tuesday at Kaki Bukit Road 5 opposite the Bedok waterworks. The man is believed to have hanged himself. Police received a call at about 7.05pm requesting for assistance at that location. The man was pronounced dead at 8.35pm by paramedics at the scene. The case has been classified as unnatural death and investigation is on going. - CNA/wk hmmmmm.............. hanging is the 'in' thing now at Bedok .... R.I.P. ..... , my FW

Was traveling from suntec to Clementi, on Keppel highway there was a biker riding on lane 1, he was tailgating every car in front (average 90-105km/h), trying very hard to overtake car from the right, each time he just following closely but not taking chance. meanwhile, he was riding like casually with left 'palm' touching the handle (not grip!) , on some occasion, he even riding with one hand. All this carry on till Clementi ave 6 exit from keppel highway! The last daring act was he ride WITHOUT HAND !!! at 90km/h for a good 3-5 sec..... In case you want to know who that was, bike no. FZ4992C. Hope he can continue doing this for a while more

A photographer documents the final night of four female drug dealers sentenced to death in Wuhai, China - Asiaone http://www.asiaone.com/static/multimedia/g..._chinadeathrow/

A young man was found dead in a pool of blood at the foot of Block 467, Ang Mo Kio Ave 10. He was soaked in blood and facing up when he was found. There was also a long knife mark on his neck. Police investigated the scene after hearing the news, and found that this is not a simple case of a fall. The police found a pair of slippers believed to be that of the deceased, a bunch of chrysanthemum flowers as well as a packet of instant noodles on the 13th floor corridor, where the fall could have had happened. The police also discovered a mysterious blood trail of about 20 meters, from the 11th to 14th floor staircase. The police did a thorough search of the area and found a pen knife lying in the grass near the body, bloodstained chrysanthemum flowers and fingerprints at the corridor. The deceased is Malaysian and he left behind 3 stacks of cash. Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 15 November 2011. Click here for the Chinese report.

Have been following this blog on Charmaine, a 7 yr old who passed away from cancer on Thur I saw another topic on this already, but want to express more thoughts on this It always makes me wonder what is the meaning of life sometimes... you try to believe in karma, good vs evil and good prevails, etc etc then you see someone so innocent like that suffer so much, and the 2 yr old who got run over in China, while motherf**kers like the Romainian diplomat kill someone and get away scot free if life is so random, sometimes makes you wonder on the meaning of it all f**king depressing following are some extracts to those who don't know about Charmaine

Accident happened at 4.40pm yesterday at a workshop at Sungei Kadut St 5. The 10-ton, 40-seater private bus was lifted up by a support structure and the techician was doing repair works underneath the bus. All of a sudden, the bus fell to the ground, crashing the 53 year old technician to death instantly. 修车厂恐怖意外！53岁技师伏在车底修车，惨遭10公吨的旅游巴士压扁，血肉模糊当场惨死。 这起意外发生在昨午4时40分，地点是双溪加株5街的一间修车厂。 死者是53岁的周厉荣，在修车厂担任修车技师。 据死者的亲人说，死者事发时伏在一辆大型旅游巴士底下，进行维修工作。这辆被支架撑起的巴士，不知何故突然失衡砸下，压扁在底下维修的死者。 这辆巴士能载达40多人，估计10公吨重，把死者压扁，现场留下一大滩血，令人触目惊心。 全家原定周六飞台，首次出国竟变出殡。完整报道，请翻阅19.10.2011《联合晚报》。 http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story...453-284490.html

Tragic. Promotion was supposed to be a happy occasion but... So young only at 36. His poor wife now has to look after two young kids. R.I.P. 2WO Poh. From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1158905/1/.html RSAF technician's death still a mystery By Alvina Soh | Posted: 12 October 2011 1921 hrs

Do you fear having to uplorry one day? Maybe one night you fall asleep and never wake up or you suddenly keel over from the stress or you meet some young punk who ran a red light in his sporks car or slowly waste away in a hospital bed (while loved ones look on in distress). I wonder what happens after death. Pearly gates in the clouds? Lake of Fire? Reborn as a cockroach? Or just nothingness? I find the last possibility the most probable but also the most scary of all. It just seems there is no meaning to it all.

After a year-long investigation by PETA Asia-Pacific and the National Bureau of Investigations, police have now charged a Philippine couple with cruelty to animals and other crimes related to producing a series of pornographic videos in which young girls torture and kill animals. Faced with the charges, suspects Dorma and Vic Ridon have fled. Warrants have been issued for them. WARNING: Graphic descriptions follow. The "crush" videos that the Ridons are believed to have produced show scantily clad 12-year-old girls as they stomp on live animals, a rabbit as he or she is skinned alive, other rabbits as they scream while their ears are cut off and they are set on fire, a dog as he or she is burned with a clothes iron, and a monkey who was repeatedly hit in the eye with the sharp end of a stiletto heel. There is more, including puppies crushed until they vomited their own internal organs. A bill currently in the Philippine Senate would criminalize the sale of such "crush videos," already illegal in the U.S. and other countries. PETA Asia-Pacific is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of Dorma and Vic Ridon. Anyone with information on the couple can e-mail [email protected] and we will pass it along. You can also make a donation to PETA Asia-Pacific to help the group fight cruelty to animals in this case as well as in many others. Written by Michelle Sherrow Posted by PETA PETA.ORG this is inhumane...

The whole country is too stressed. Everyone should take a chill pill. # Wife wants divorce, don't want kids #Businessman hubby kills her and leaps to his death

again another one! Man found dead wasnt there one 1-2 days ago? how come so many water related deaths???

Drain railings go up, a day too late Works to relieve flooding in area where boy fell 'planned earlier' By Tham Yuen-C A worker putting up railings yesterday at the drain near where Indonesian student William Lim, 15, fell, got swept away and drowned on Wednesday. Flood waters during a heavy downpour that day had obscured the drain and he had unwittingly stepped into it. -- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN UPGRADING works were already being planned at Mandalay Road in Balestier to alleviate the flooding problem there, and the PUB had drawn up a tender for the project which comes out today. Unfortunately, this was too late for Indonesian student William Lim, 15, who unwittingly walked into a rain-swollen drain in the area on Wednesday, got swept away and drowned. Yesterday, the national water agency said that plans had started earlier this year to widen the drains in the area, cover them and also raise the roads. The project was scheduled to start in September after the tender was called, and would have been completed by the first quarter of next year. Mr Choy Wai Kwong, the assistant director of PUB's catchment and waterways department, said the Mandalay Road stretch is the lowest point in the area. As a result, water rushes into the drains from the higher parts. 'When there is intense rain, the water will overflow,' he said at a briefing at the site. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew, an MP for Moulmein-Kallang GRC who oversees the Balestier area, yesterday said he had approached PUB about the flooding problem in Mandalay Road last year after receiving feedback from residents. He conveyed his condolences to William's family and said he knew it must be a painful time for them.'Our hearts go out to the family,' he said. Mr Lui, who toured the area, said that PUB has for now taken immediate measures by installing railings to improve safety, even as works to improve the drainage system are ongoing. By noon yesterday, new railings had been installed along a 15m stretch of the drain at the junction of Mandalay Road and Minbu Road. At about 2.40pm on Wednesday during very heavy rain, William and two of his friends were walking along Mandalay Road towards a private apartment block there. The road was filled with water up to their shins. William, who was walking in front, did not realise a 0.5m drain was there and walked into it. The next instant, he was swept into a connecting drain that ran underground. He emerged in an open part of the drain about 50m away. His friend, Rieyan Tan, 15, tried to grab hold of him but could not as the currents were too strong. He then floated away and was found at about 10.45pm at a canal near Whampoa Drive. Residents said the Mandalay Road area is known to flood every time it rains heavily. Mr Richard Tann, 62, who is a semi-retired consultant and has lived in Mandalay Mansion at the intersection between Mandalay and Minbu roads for 30 years, said water gushes down from the higher parts very quickly. Insurance and sales executive Ian Keelaghan, 37, who moved into the area three months ago, said he has experienced two floods so far. 'The situation is really terrible,' he said. 'The flooding is torrential and totally covers the road. The last time it flooded, the water level was so high the taxi I was in refused to drive through." The National Environment Agency said that Wednesday's thunderstorm had developed quickly and resulted in intense rainfall over a short duration. Rain fell between 1.15pm and 4pm, with the heaviest downpours in the central parts of Singapore. Mr Lui said that even as long-term plans were being put in place, residents could play a more active role when floods occur. He noted how at Cambridge estate - another flood-prone area in his constituency - residents warn one another of floods. Even as PUB rectifies the flooding issue, residents can also work together with grassroots bodies to identify potentially risky areas such as those with no railings or are dimly lit and get these areas improved, he said. [email protected] Additional reporting by Danson Cheong

A 15-year-old Indonesian boy is dead after he fell into a flooded drain and was swept away during Wednesday's heavy downpour. The dead body of the boy, identified only as William, was found by Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) rescuers in the canal next to Block 82, Whampoa Drive, reported Channel NewsAsia. He had been reported missing for several hours after his friends saw him fall into a flooded drain near Balestier Road during a heavy thunderstorm. The teen, who was here on holiday, was with two other friends when the incident happened. His friends described how William was wading through shin-deep waters at 2:30pm when he fell into the drain.Although the drain is guarded by a railing, William is believed to have fallen into the 1.2-metre drain after stepping through the railing. His friend said they tried to rescue him but he was then swept away by onrushing water at the intersection of Mindu Road and Mandalay Road. Link

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