A terrible motorcycle crash on New Year’s Eve in Thailand took the lives of two Singaporeans — the rider was pronounced dead at the scene, while his pillion rider succumbed to her injuries later on in the hospital.
Local rescue group Rescue Phatthalung said the accident occurred at 1:20pm on Sunday.
The rider, 27-year-old Ng Yong Sing, died when the pair were thrown into a 3m-deep drain in the southern Phatthalung province. As for his pillion, 22-year-old Vanalyn Png, she was taken to Srinagarind Hospital and treated at the Intensive Care Unit.
It is believed that the Singapore-registered motorbike — said to be owned by Ng — skidded on the wet road at a bend and crashed into a stationary vehicle, local media outlet Thai Rath reported.
The Straits Times noted that both had left for Malaysia on Saturday and were supposed to return home today.
In a Facebook post yesterday morning, her brother Jervis wrote that she was sent to the hospital with broken arms and internal bleeding in her head and abdominal.
“The doctors tried hard but they couldn’t save her,” he added. “Vanalyn fought the battle bravely and she lost… She’s now in a better place.”
Png died just after midnight yesterday.
Photos of the scene made the rounds online, showing a damaged yellow motorbike by the side of the road and paramedics tending to the victims.
According to Channel NewsAsia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently in touch with family members of the two. The Singapore Embassy in Bangkok is also offering its assistance to both families.
This is the fourth reported case in December of a fatal traffic accident involving Singaporeans in a foreign country. The three other car crashes claimed the lives of Singaporeans in the United States, South Africa, and New Zealand.
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