WooHoo! Singapore: Army "major" crushed to death by tipper truck

AN ARMY major and his female pillion died after they were crushed by a tipper truck on Saturday morning.

Major Azmi Abdullah, 37, was riding his motorbike with 21-year-old Rebecca Lee Xinyi, when the accident happened along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE).

Maj Abdullah was travelling between the centre and extreme left lane when his motorbike hit the rear of a van. Both rider and pillion were flung onto the road, and run over by a tipper truck.

Maj Abdullah suffered multiple abrasions and fractures, while Ms Lee suffered wounds on her pelvis as well as lacerations to her scalp.

Both died in hospital barely two hours after the accident.

Maj Abdullah was off-duty at the time. A close friend of Ms Lee's said that the pair were 'very good friends'.

It is believed that Maj Abdullah was sending Ms Lee to work, something he did on a regular basis.

Ms Lee was a beauty therapist at Institut Clarins at Wheelock Place for the past 2 1/2 years. According to her family members, she left home at 9am.

Maj Abdullah's family declined to be interviewed, but neighbours at his condominium in Toh Tuck Road were stunned by news of his death. Some only became aware of it when they saw the arrangements being made for his funeral, held last Sunday.

Neighbours described Maj Abdullah as a family man, who was close to his Japanese wife, a homemaker, and their seven-year-old son. The family would always go out together every weekend.

Last year, 108 motorcyclists and their pillion riders died, six more than in 2007. Over half of these 108 - 57 - were aged 30 and younger.

LNK

WooHoo! Singapore: Army "major" crushed to death by tipper truck

WooHoo! Singapore: Army "major" crushed to death by tipper truck

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