Tanjong Pagar crash: Video shows girlfriend of driver running to burning car
Posted on 17 February 2021 | 46,024 views | 115 comments
Joyce Lim
The Straits Times
February 16, 2021 Video footage has emerged showing the moment a young woman ran towards a burning car in Tanjong Pagar Road to save her fiance and his four friends trapped inside. In the footage obtained by The Straits Times, the white BMW M4 coupe is seen skidding for two seconds at around 5.40am last Saturday (Feb 13), the second day of the Chinese New Year. It then spins out of control before slamming into a shophouse further away.
The car's signal lights can be seen blinking for about 15 seconds before the vehicle explodes in a ball of fire.
About 20 seconds later, Ms Raybe Oh Siew Huey appears in the video. She is seen running towards the burning car and right into the flames.
She emerges 10 seconds later, covered in flames, and is seen running towards some shophouses opposite the road.
The CCTV camera footage also shows a white car pulling up by the side of the road, several metres from the crash.
The driver gets out and at first runs towards the burning car before turning left towards a row of shophouses.
He is later seen trying to help Ms Oh douse the fire on her clothes. At one point, a woman is also seen trying to help her.
Ms Oh, 26, a former air stewardess, is still in critical condition at the Singapore General Hospital. She is reported to have suffered burns to 80 per cent of her body.
The Straits Times
February 16, 2021 Video footage has emerged showing the moment a young woman ran towards a burning car in Tanjong Pagar Road to save her fiance and his four friends trapped inside. In the footage obtained by The Straits Times, the white BMW M4 coupe is seen skidding for two seconds at around 5.40am last Saturday (Feb 13), the second day of the Chinese New Year.
Ms Raybe Oh is reported to have suffered burns to 80 per cent of her body and is still in critical condition. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Ms Raybe Oh and Mr Jonathan Long had been together for many years and were planning to get married soon, Mr Long's father said. PHOTOS: MICHAEL TAY PHOTOGRAPHY, ALPHONSUS CHERN
How it happens: She braves the flames to save friends
05:41:23am- The footage captures the moments just before the crash. The BMW M4 coupe skids as it speeds down Tanjong Pagar Road. It then spins 180 degrees, cutting across the oncoming lane, before crashing into a shophouse.
- In the car with Mr Jonathan Long, 29, were Mr Eugene Yap, 29, Mr Elvin Tan Yong Hao, 28, Mr Wilson Teo Qi Xiang, 26, and Mr Gary Wong Hong Chieh, 29.
- Fifteen seconds after impact, the car bursts into flames.
- A few seconds later, a white car pulls up and the driver - a friend of the victims - gets out and heads towards the car, then turns and runs to the row of shops across the road from the crash site.
- Meanwhile, Ms Raybe Oh sprints towards the blaze and rushes into the flames. The former air stewardess suffered burns to 80 per cent of her body and is in critical condition.
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