{"id":50255,"date":"2026-05-06T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50255"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:37:39","slug":"what-if-she-falls-girl-dashes-across-pasir-ris-road-nearly-gets-hit-by-car-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50255","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;What if she falls?&#8217; Girl dashes across Pasir Ris road, nearly gets hit by car, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A secondary school student was caught on dashcam footage dashing across a road in Pasir Ris and into the path of an oncoming vehicle on Tuesday (May 5).<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at about 2.30pm at Pasir Ris Drive 6, in vicinity of Hai Sing Catholic School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dashcam footage posted on Facebook group SG Road Vigilante shows a pedestrian crossing outside the school, with several students waiting to cross the road.<\/p>\n<p>As the dashcam vehicle approached the crossing, a schoolgirl suddenly sprinted across the crossing and into its path.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the footage, the girl was mere steps away from the vehicle and nearly got struck.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"314\" width=\"560\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1614607629634343%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Social media users expressed road safety concerns about the girl&#8217;s actions with several users pointing out that she was lucky the motorist was not driving at a higher speed.<\/p>\n<p>Tan Li Leng wrote in her comment: &#8220;What if she falls while running?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hai Sing Catholic School remind all your students that safety is very important,&#8221; wrote another user Mark Tan.<\/p>\n<p>Several other users implored the school to counsel the girl for her unsafe actions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Traffic Police&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/road-traffic-situation-annual-report-2025-police#:~:text=Singapore-,149%20traffic%20accident%20fatalities%20in%202025%3B%20elderly%20victims%20account%20for,fatalities%2C%20said%20the%20traffic%20police.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annual road traffic situation report<\/a>, there were 147 cases of road fatalities in 2025, up from the 139 cases in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>There was also an increase in the number of accidents resulting in injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are required to keep to a 40kmh speed limit when driving in school zones.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:734533]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/hai-sing-catholic-school-student-dashes-across-road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A secondary school student was caught on dashcam footage dashing across a road in Pasir Ris and into the path of an oncoming vehicle on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}