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SINGAPORE – A GrabFood passenger was arrested in a bicycle collision that left an eight-year-old girl in hospital with an eye injury.
The man is believed to have accidentally struck the girl on a trail, leaving her covered in blood and glass shards from her broken glasses.
Her mother, Ms Sathiya, told The Straits Times that she screamed when she saw what had happened to her daughter, who has since undergone eye surgery.
She said: “I panicked so hard that I cried. I thought, ‘What if she goes blind? Will her vision be able to return to normal?’ Not know what to do “.
Ms Sathiya, a 38-year-old accountant who has a name, said they were walking home from school with another mother and daughter couple on Friday (Jan 15), when they saw the man riding towards them on the trail in Calle Bukit Batok 52.
She wasn’t cycling too fast, but Ms. Sathiya instinctively pushed her daughter and the other girl behind her. Suddenly, after the bike passed them, he heard a heartbreaking scream and a thud.
Turning around, he saw his daughter, a 2nd grade student from the nearby Lianhua Elementary School, lying on the ground with blood on her face.
Ms. Sathiya screamed and quickly picked up the girl. Her daughter’s glasses were broken and she had fragments on her face and on the ground.
Several passersby rushed to help. They tried to calm the tearful Mrs. Sathiya while a man used cotton to help stop the girl’s bleeding.
Ms. Sathiya said that the man on the bicycle apologized and also started crying.
While trying to call her husband, her friend called an ambulance.
Responding to questions from the ST, police said they arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of a negligent act that caused serious injuries. You are assisting with the ongoing investigation.
A GrabFood spokesperson said the man is a delivery partner, who has since been suspended.
Speaking to the ST by phone from the National University Hospital, where her daughter is receiving treatment, Ms Sathiya said that her daughter underwent eye surgery last Friday and is expected to have a second operation next week.
The permanent resident came to Singapore about 12 years ago with her husband, 39, an engineer from a local company. They have a 16-month-old daughter at home in Tamil Nadu, India.
On Monday, a teacher and assistant principal at the girl’s school visited her at the hospital.
Ms. Sathiya said she is concerned about her daughter’s medical bills and is checking to see if the girl was eligible for insurance. She added that her only goal now is to make sure her daughter’s vision returns to normal.
If convicted of causing serious harm by negligent act, the 18-year-old could be jailed for up to two years and fined up to $ 5,000.
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