A 23-year-old female student died while on her way home with a friend in a private hire car.
The tragic crash left one dead and one injured. The surviving friend, still visibly shaken, tearfully recounted at the wake how she tried performing CPR with one hand despite her own injuries, but couldn’t save her friend, and now feels overwhelmed with guilt.
Accident involves a car and a Tower Transit bus
According to Shin Min Daily News, the fatal accident happened last Saturday (2 August) at around 5am, at the junction of Yishun Avenue 2 and Yishun Central 1.
A silver car had crashed into the rear of a Tower Transit bus.
One of the passengers, a 23-year-old woman, suffered serious injuries and lost consciousness. She was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital but later died from her injuries. The 47-year-old male driver and a 20-year-old female passenger were conscious when sent to the hospital. Police investigations are ongoing.
The young woman who died was identified as Leong Weini (transliteration). Her father, Leong Jianwei (transliteration), 49, who is also a private hire driver, shared in an interview on Sunday (3 August) that his daughter had been in a ride with her friend, heading to her mother’s house. They had plans to travel to Malaysia together.
“They were only five to ten minutes away from their destination when the accident happened.”
Injured friend tried to perform CPR with one hand
Leong Weini’s friend, Wang Meiyi (transliteration), 20, also suffered injuries but made her way to the wake on Sunday night to pay her respects. Still grieving, she spoke about what happened during the crash.
She said Weini had gotten into the car and fallen asleep in the back seat. Wang herself sat on the left side of the rear seat. Everything was normal until they reached the area near Northpoint City, when a sudden and violent crash occurred.
“Everything happened so fast. My hand slammed into the seat in front of me and it hurt a lot. I think Weini also hit the seat in front, and then she collapsed onto me.”
Fighting back tears, she continued, “Weini was unconscious. Her head, nose and mouth were bleeding. I called her name and held her hand — she moved a little. I immediately tried to save her and performed CPR in the car, but I could only use one hand because the other was in pain. I really couldn’t do it.”
She then got out of the car and shouted for help. The bus driver came over to assist and called the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the police.
Choking up, Wang said she and Weini were like sisters. They studied and hung out together often. Now that she couldn’t save her best friend, she feels intense guilt and trauma from the incident.
“I told them to send Weini to the hospital first. They kept telling me she would be fine… but in the end, I was the only one left behind…”
