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Flowers, clothing and a photograph were placed at the site of a horrible accident in Tanjong Pagar, as people paid their respects to the five men who died when their BMW crashed into a store and burst into flames.
When reporters arrived at the scene around 7.45am, an old photo of a small child had been placed on top of a set of clothing and a pair of shoes in the charred entrance to the store.
The photo, believed to be that of one of the victims, was later removed.
Flowers, lighted candles and notes of sympathy were among the items posted to the side and front of the store.
The accident on the second day of the Chinese New Year on Saturday killed all five men in the car. Police said it was the highest number of people killed in a single car accident in the past decade.
Six workers arrived to install road safety cones at 8.28 am.
One of them, a 38-year-old man who wanted to be known as Harun, said he had been instructed to come aboard the place.
A woman, who claimed to be a member of the family, entered the store around 10:30 a.m. M.
She removed the photo, and also the clothes and shoes that the photo was attached to.
Another young man, who said he was a friend of the deceased, arrived around 11:55 in the morning with a bouquet of flowers.
Of the five who died, four were financial advisers. They are: Jonathan Long and Eugene Yap, both 29, Elvin Tan Yong Hao, 28, as well as Teo Qi Xiang, 26.
The four of them were in a BMW M4 coupe with Gary Wong Hong Chieh, 29, when the car crashed into the front of an empty store and burst into flames around 5.40am.
Long was the driver of the BMW.
His girlfriend, 26-year-old Raybe Oh Siew Huey, suffered severe burns after trying to save the men.
Like yesterday afternoon, Oh was still in critical condition in the intensive care unit, a spokesman for Singapore General Hospital said. – The Straits Times / ANN
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