CRIME & ACCIDENTS
Parents of injured pillion rider do not 'dare to watch' video
July 27, 2017
It has been four days since a pillion rider was sent flying as the motorcyclist slammed into a stationary car on the Seletar Expressway (SLE).
But the parents of Mr Trivikram R.L., 21, have refused to watch the video of their son going airborne.
Certis Cisco officers flung off bike in SLE accident
July 26, 2017
He was checking his left wing mirror when he was jolted by a bang.
Mr Mohammad Wirman Saptu, 36, a sideloader operator at Jurong port, told The New Paper: "I heard a vroom sound, and the next moment, I saw a motorcycle crashing into a stationary white car.
Mum of jaywalker upset no action will be taken against driver who hit him
April 05, 2017
About a week after his last Primary School Leaving Examination paper last October, Evergreen Primary School student Ravi (not his real name) had just left school after an excursion.
He said he had walked briskly across a road junction, with the "red man" signal on, to catch an SMRT service 858 bus to get to his home three stops away.
Man decapitated from 15th-storey hotel room fall
March 29, 2018
A Malaysian businessman staying at Hotel Boss in Jalan Sultan was woken up from his sleep early yesterday morning by the commotion in a room nearby.
Although it lasted about half-an-hour, he did not think it was anything serious and went back to sleep.
Details of 850 personnel stolen in Mindef data breach
February 28, 2017
The personal details of 850 national servicemen and Ministry of Defence (Mindef) employees were stolen in a cyber attack early last month.
The breach was discovered in Mindef's I-net system, which provides Internet access to national servicemen and employees for their personal Internet surfing via dedicated computer terminals in Mindef.
December 29, 2016
A 71-year-old man fell three metres from an escalator at Tiong Bahru MRT last Friday.
The retiree, who wanted to be known only as Mr Chiang, was supporting his wife when she became unsteady on her feet.
December 19, 2016
An eight-year-old girl died of suspected cardiac arrest last Friday evening, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said.
The incident happened at a Housing Board flat in Sin Ming industrial estate.
November 25, 2016
There were surprisingly few e-bikes at the Cecil Street area during The New Paper's six hours of staking out the scene of a fatal crash on Nov 18.
In two days, we saw seven e-bikers.
November 02, 2016
As fire alarms blared, four workers left their room and rushed through blinding smoke to get to a nearby balcony, as flames spread through the Sungei Kadut warehouse.
One of them, 40-year-old delivery man Aung Aung, told The New Paper that he thought of climbing down from the third-storey balcony to escape the growing fire if help did not arrive soon.
November 01, 2016
Have you ever heard of hawker centre rage?
In a fit of anger, a patron who thought his 15-minute wait at a famous wonton noodle stall in North Bridge Road was too long allegedly smashed its glass display with his beer glass.
October 24, 2016
A freak accident on set scared the entire cast and crew except for one plucky actress.
Local actress Jeanette Aw was filming a scene for the second season of long-running local TV drama 118 on Sunday night when the glass panel of a door shattered.
October 17, 2016
It was a reckless stunt, one that earned him not just lots of online vitriol, but also trouble with a supercar owner.
Last Saturday, mountain biker Izzadnaff Abdul Qusyairl, 15, spotted a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo parked outside Bedok Stadium when he was on his way to the community centre to play computer games.
October 13, 2016
After graduating with a diploma in information security in 2013, he had planned to further his studies in university.
But one's man folly in driving while drunk not only ended Mr Sim Ying Chong's dream, it also made him lose his father and his home of 17 years.
October 10, 2016
He was collecting money from a customer at his drinks stall when he heard a loud crash.
When Mr Zhang realised what had caused the sudden sound, he was shocked. Several ceiling boards in the coffee shop had fallen onto the floor and smashed into pieces.
October 03, 2016
A 25-year-old man died early yesterday morning after his Jaguar crashed into the centre divider of East Coast Road in Siglap.
The car tore off about 35m of fencing before hitting a kerb and coming to rest about 100m away.
September 07, 2016
Blood flowed from his head as passers-by pulled him from the tour bus after it crashed and flipped on its side near Genting Highlands in Malaysia.
Mr William Wee, 52, was drifting in and out of consciousness, but all he thought about was his wife.