Shin Min Daily News/Asia One
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According to The New Paper, the 36-year-old welding technician was riding his motorcycle on Tampines Avenue 1 when the accident occurred around 2am on Thursday, 24 February.
It was reported that Mohammad Syaifful was trying to avoid a 72-year-old man crossing the street when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed.
He died after succumbing to his injuries. Meanwhile, the elderly pedestrian was also taken to a hospital.
She said it was raining at the time of the accident.
The colleague also told local Chinese newspaper, Shin Min Daily News, that Syaifful was supposed to go home that day.
She said he had secured a vaccinated travel lane (VTL) bus ticket for 24 February and had also already prepared a COVID-19 rapid antigen test result for the trip.
In an interview with The New Paper, Syaifful’s father said his son had been working in Singapore for five years to support the family.
They last saw Syaifful, the eldest of four children, in January.
He was laid to rest back home at a cemetery in Batu Pahat.
Charity organisation 1ThirdMedia Movement had helped organise the transport of the deceased’s casket from Singapore Funeral Services in Toa Payoh to Tuas Checkpoint on the same day.