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A 15-year-old teenager died from his injuries after being hit by a car while crossing the street in Queensway on October 27.
In response to an inquiry from Stomp, police said they were alerted to the accident, which occurred at the address of Jalan Bukit Merah, at 8.30pm.
The pedestrian was unconscious when he was transferred to the National University Hospital, where he subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
A 54-year-old driver has been arrested for reckless driving and seriously injuring himself and police investigations are ongoing.
According to Lianhe Wanbao, Crest High School student Huang Junyong was crossing the street when he was hit by a car and sent flying.
A nearby worker said he saw the victim lying on the road and bleeding from the head.
The driver parked by the road and called the police.
Two women who were passing also came forward to help and called the ambulance.
“They kept yelling at him to wake up and they told the child not to close his eyes, but he no longer responded,” said the worker.
Huang’s mother, Ms. Chen, said she came from Perak, Malaysia, to work in Singapore 20 years ago. The 40-year-old cashier is a single mother who had raised her two children alone.
She lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Commonwealth Crescent with her two children and her mother.
Drowning, Ms. Chen said that while the family was not financially well off, she viewed her family’s well-being as good fortune and found it difficult to accept her youngest son’s accident.
She added: “He usually gets home on time after school and I never have to worry about him. On the day of the incident, he said he was going to the cafeteria to buy food.”
Afterwards, the family went to bed and did not know that Huang was not returning home.
They were only informed of the accident when the police showed up at their home at 2 a.m. Then they ran to the hospital.
Huang’s brother said, “Mom and grandmother collapsed.
“I went to the ward first and saw six to eight doctors. They said they had tried to resuscitate my brother for two hours. Seeing so many tubes inserted into his body, I didn’t want him to suffer and I told him to go away in peace.
Ms. Chen was unable to accept her son’s passing and repeatedly yelled at him to “get up.”
At the persuasion of his eldest son, he closed Huang’s eyes and told him to leave in peace.
Ms. Chen also responded to speculation that Huang had been using her mobile phone while crossing the street. She clarified that she had only withdrawn money, but left her phone and ID card at home.
Ms. Chen, requesting eyewitnesses, wishes to contact those who tried to help her son at the scene of the accident.
She said: “We would like to know how you were at the time and if you left any last words.
He also hopes that the driver can apologize or give an explanation.
She told Wanbao: “It has been a week. The driver did not attend the wake or even the call. We just want him to apologize.”
Ms. Chen added that her youngest son’s dream was to travel to Japan, but that it can no longer be fulfilled.
