Motorcycle accidents top deaths

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Motorcycle accidents top deaths
By Wendy Hui

The Traffic Police have noted that, in the first half of the year, 42 per cent of deaths in traffic accidents were those of motorcyclists. The figure last year was 44 per cent. -- PHOTO: BH

TWO traffic accidents involving motorcycles happening within an hour of each another left three men - aged 21 or younger - dead on Tuesday.

In the first accident in Jurong at around 12.45 am, the motorcyclist died; in the second one in Sengkang, both the motorcyclist and his pillion died.

The trio will become part of the grim statistics for this year.

Already, the Traffic Police have noted that, in the first half of the year, 42 per cent of deaths in traffic accidents were those of motorcyclists. The figure last year was 44 per cent.

In the Jurong accident, motorcyclist Ganesan s/o K. Revi Chandran, 19, and his pillion Kok Chun Kai, 18, had stopped in the left-most lane at the signalised cross junction between Jalan Bahar and Jurong West Ave 5 when they were rammed from behind by a car.

Mr Chandran was then giving Mr Kok a ride home from Safra Jurong and the pair were headed for Lim Chu Kang Road.

Mr Kok, who is due to start his National Service stint next month, woke up with head injuries in hospital, remembering little.

Mr Chandran was pronounced dead at 2.10am in hospital.

The driver of the car, aged 29, is helping police with their investigations.

Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.




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