along the Tampines Expressway (TPE)<\/a> on May 3, a man took to Facebook to thank the strangers who stopped to help and ensured that he received medical attention.<\/p>\nThe 71-year-old was involved in a traffic accident along the TPE towards Seletar Expressway (SLE) when another vehicle crashed into the van he was driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Expressing his gratitude in that Facebook post on Wednesday (May 13), Lee wrote: “He was hurt. He couldn\u2019t reach for his phone to call for help. He couldn\u2019t tell anyone where he was, or that his children needed to know.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
A group of motorcyclists then pulled over and called an ambulance. One rider, Chris, called Lee’s sister, who then contacted Lee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lee, who was in Malaysia at the time then subsequently made his way to the hospital his dad was in, adding that Chris’ help in speaking to his father and taking photos of the incident reassured him that his dad, while injured, was “being looked after”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, other than Chris, he doesn’t know the names of the other motorcyclists and “never got to thank them properly”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“To the riders who stopped: Thank you. You didn\u2019t have to. You had every reason to keep going. You stopped anyway. Our family will not forget it,” he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
AsiaOne has contacted Lee for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police investigations ongoing\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Lee’s father, who sustained fractured bones and other injuries, is still hospitalised at Changi General Hospital and needs physiotherapy to stabilise his walking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The accident occurred at about 7.35am along TPE towards SLE, in the vicinity of the Sengkang East Road\/Punggol Way exit.<\/p>\n
Photos of the incident showed the van stopped on the rightmost lane with its front mangled after crashing through shrubs planted on the central divider.\u00a0<\/p>\n
An eyewitness said in a motoring chat group that the accident involved a Mercedes car which ended up on the leftmost lane.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The police told AsiaOne earlier that both the elderly driver and 25-year-old male car driver were taken conscious to the hospital, adding that the younger driver is assisting with ongoing police investigations.<\/p>\n
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