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SINGAPORE – The woman who tried to save her boyfriend in the fiery Tanjong Pagar accident is out of intensive care and stable, Singapore General Hospital (SGH) said in an update on Tuesday (February 23).
Ms. Raybe Oh Siew Huey, 26, is in a high-dependency ward and is conscious, SGH said. The Straits Times understands that her family is with her. She has been fighting for her life since the accident on Saturday (February 13).
Her boyfriend, Mr. Jonathan Long, was driving the white BMW that crashed into a Tanjong Pagar store around 5.40am.
The 29-year-old died along with four others in the car: Mr. Eugene Yap, 29; Mr. Elvin Tan Yong Hao, 28 years old; Mr. Wilson Teo Qi Xiang, 26 years old; and Mr. Gary Wong Hong Chieh, 29.
Oh, a former Singapore Airlines flight attendant, had tried to save her boyfriend and friends from the car, which was engulfed in flames.
As a result, she suffered severe burns to about 80 percent of her body, but was conscious when she was taken to SGH by ambulance.
Mr. Akira Chan, 21, a friend of the group, said that Oh had rushed to the burning shipwreck without hesitation.
“She tried to open the door and was injured in the process,” he said. “She was trying to save her fiancé.”
Mr. Long and Ms. Oh had recently applied for a Housing Board floor together.
In an interview with Shin Min Daily News, Long’s 62-year-old father said that family members have kept Oh in their thoughts even as they struggle to cope with the death of a loved one.
“I treat her like my own daughter and hope she is safe,” he said. “She is really a very good girl, and we will do our best to take care of her.”
She added that she has contacted Ms. Oh’s mother to provide support.
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Ms. Oh, who was born in Malaysia, began singing getai at the age of 16 and was a polytechnic student in Singapore.
In a 2013 interview with The Straits Times when she was a polytechnic student, she said she performed in getai shows to earn money for school fees and to ease her father’s financial burden.
Getai organizer Aaron Tan had described Ms. Oh in a previous interview as a small, quiet person who appeared to be shy, but was actually very independent and had a big heart.
The 45-year-old man said the Getai community was shocked when they heard the news.
Tan added: “She did what she did out of love and it was a selfless act that not everyone could do. It was commendable.”
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