Myanmar woman injured in Sembawang accident returns home

“I thought the car wouldn’t move, so I crossed the street. I didn’t expect that while I was crossing, the car suddenly turned and ran over my right foot,” she said.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force freed her leg using hydraulic rescue equipment, and she was subsequently taken conscious to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

The woman added that she had suffered two fractures to her right foot.

She needed to pay a $40,000 deposit but could not afford it.

Her hospital stay of just three days and two nights cost $3,000.

“I could only turn to my former employer for help. He kindly lent me the money to pay my medical bills and also bought me a plane ticket back to Myanmar.”

She was discharged from the hospital on the afternoon of July 25 and flew back to Myanmar at 9pm the same day.

The police said that a 39-year-old male driver is assisting with investigations.

Police investigations are ongoing.