SINGAPORE – A 28-year-old man who died of a head injury in a traffic accident three months after he got married in 2022 had worked as a food delivery rider to supplement his income, a coroner’s court revealed.
On Sept 27, 2022, Mr Samuel Seet Wei Jie had completed four deliveries and was riding his power-assisted bicycle along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1 when he and a car collided.
The accident was not caught on any CCTVs, nor the car’s in-vehicle camera as its memory card was corrupted.
There were also no independent witnesses, and the only person who saw the collision occur and could testify was the driver, Teo Kok Meng, now 39.
Teo’s girlfriend, who was also in the car, said she had been using her phone and did not see what happened.
The coroner’s report, dated Nov 14, noted that the Traffic Police (TP) concluded that there was insufficient evidence to show that the driver who had collided with Mr Seet was responsible for the accident.
The report said Mr Seet’s cause of death was a head injury sustained in the accident.
State Coroner Adam Nakhoda said: “This accident, sadly, resulted in the death of a young father who had his entire future ahead of him. Shortly before Mr Seet’s untimely demise, he had celebrated his wedding dinner, and he was preparing to start a new career as a financial adviser.
“In the meantime, he was working as a food delivery rider as he wanted to supplement his income, undoubtedly to ensure that he could provide for his young family before he started his new career.”
According to the coroner’s report, Mr Seet and his wife had a son.
