{"id":53592,"date":"2026-05-19T14:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53592"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:28:44","slug":"mp-picks-up-stranded-family-after-accident-in-west-coast-turns-out-theyre-his-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53592","title":{"rendered":"MP picks up stranded family after accident in West Coast, turns out they&#8217;re his residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>MP picks up residents stranded by accident involving PHV &amp; tanker truck<\/h2>\n<p>A Member of Parliament (MP) turned saviour when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1033173249102067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">picked up a family stranded in West Coast after a road traffic accident<\/a> \u2014 only to find out that they were his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Cai Yinzhou related the uncanny coincidence in a Facebook reel posted last Saturday (16 May).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_728877\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728877\" class=\"wp-image-728877 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mp-picks-up-residents-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mp-picks-up-residents-1.jpg 523w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mp-picks-up-residents-1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mp-picks-up-residents-1-80x60.jpg 80w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 523px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 523\/392;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-728877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Cai Yinzhou on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>MP comes across accident along West Coast Highway<\/h3>\n<p>Dashcam footage posted by Mr Cai showed him driving along West Coast Highway at 4.06pm last Saturday when he encountered a tanker truck that had stopped in the far-left lane.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_728878\" style=\"width: 534px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728878\" class=\"wp-image-728878 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tanker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tanker.jpg 524w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tanker-150x125.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/436;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-728878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Cai Yinzhou on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In front of the truck was a white private-hire vehicle (PHV) whose rear end had mounted the kerb, apparently due to an accident with the truck.<\/p>\n<p>Standing on a narrow pavement, huddled under an umbrella, were three PHV passengers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_728879\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728879\" class=\"wp-image-728879 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/phv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/phv.jpg 523w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/phv-150x126.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 523px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 523\/438;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-728879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Cai Yinzhou on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Due to the rain and the fact that they were on an elevated viaduct, they had nowhere to go.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_728880\" style=\"width: 534px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728880\" class=\"wp-image-728880 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mp-picks-up-residents-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mp-picks-up-residents-4.jpg 524w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mp-picks-up-residents-4-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mp-picks-up-residents-4-80x60.jpg 80w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/384;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-728880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Cai Yinzhou on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>MP picks up trio, discovers they\u2019re his residents<\/h3>\n<p>Mr Cai stopped and offered to pick up the trio, whom he identified as Ben, Hazel and their mother.<\/p>\n<p>He ended up sending them all the way home, taking a slight detour to do so, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, he discovered that they lived in Toa Payoh Central \u2014 the division under his care.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_728881\" style=\"width: 1108px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728881\" class=\"wp-image-728881 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh-central.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1098\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh-central.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh-central-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh-central-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh-central-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh-central-80x60.jpg 80w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1098px) 100vw, 1098px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1098px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1098\/816;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-728881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Cai Yinzhou on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAlways choose kindness!\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<iframe id=\"answers-client-6a0c011f42710\" class=\"answers-client\" src=\"\" height=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Crazy coincidence\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Commenting under Mr Cai\u2019s Instagram post, Hazel said it was a \u201ccrazy coincidence\u201d that their MP helped them, and thanked him again for his assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The MP agreed, replying that it was \u201csurreal\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_728882\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728882\" class=\"wp-image-728882 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh.jpg 449w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/toa-payoh-150x58.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 449px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 449\/175;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-728882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr Cai has previously said that he is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/caiyinzhou\/posts\/pfbid02WaavxJeY9ai8k5kWiLcZ6gKbGJiyYjyRqK9yNbX4cE6iQwnLKtzBdfFW9gWSytvkl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community First Responder under the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Enhanced AED-on-Wheels programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That means he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myheart.org.sg\/programmes\/aed-on-wheels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carries an automated external defibrillator (AED) in his car and is trained to perform cardiopulmunary resuscitation (CPR) and use the AED<\/a> on casualties in the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/geylang-temple-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP helps extinguish fire at temple in Geylang, 1 person sent to hospital<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wANq3hbjrs\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/geylang-temple-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP helps extinguish fire at temple in Geylang, 1 person sent to hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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