Crash impact so great, rear passengers were flung out

[BuiKia]

He was supposed to be at his grandmother's funeral on Saturday.

But Mr Harendran Banjatjaram, 23 was nowhere to be found after telling his family he was going for supper on Friday night.

Calls from his parents and younger brother went unanswered into the early hours of that morning.

His younger brother, Guhendran, 22, then decided to wait at home for him while their parents went to help with funeral preparations at the grandmother's home.

"About 10am, the police came to our door and asked if I was related to Harendran. When I said I was, they gave me a number to call and said the people there would explain," he told The New Paper on Sunday at the family home in Sengkang.

The number led to the Traffic Police.

"They told me that my brother was dead," he said.

He had been killed in a horrific car crash in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Two other young men, including the driver, also died after the car slammed into a tree on Yio Chu Kang Road near Jalan Kelulut.

The impact was so great that Mr Harendran and his friend, who were sitting in the rear, were flung out of the car. The front passenger survived with minor injuries.

The deaths continue a bad streak of fatal accidents on our roads in which at least 14 people were killed in the first two months of this year.

 

[@rmadill0]

Drink driving?

 

[lianbeng]

He was supposed to be at his grandmother's funeral on Saturday.

lianbeng believes he was at his grandmother's funeral on Saturday lah! only beside her coffin? he rushed there.

 

[zhihau]

Two other young men, including the driver, also died after the car slammed into a tree on Yio Chu Kang Road near Jalan Kelulut.

always thought this stretch of YCK road has speed limit of 70km/h?

 

[lianbeng]

always thought this stretch of YCK road has speed limit of 70km/h?

lianbeng says: when the stretch of road is very straight and not much traffic - many drivers will fly @ almost 200 kmh? remember muah chee?

 

[zhihau]

lianbeng says: when the stretch of road is very straight and not much traffic - many drivers will fly @ almost 200 kmh? remember muah chee?

Jln Kelulut area is a down slope if heading towards Jln Kayu direction, an up slope if heading towards AMK direction. suspect they were heading in the direction towards Jln Kayu side, can't imagine racing up slope and having that impact. muah chee going at 160~180km/h?
V2 speed around 300+ km/h for take off :p:p:p

 

[sleaguepunter]

Jln Kelulut area is a down slope if heading towards Jln Kayu direction, an up slope if heading towards AMK direction. suspect they were heading in the direction towards Jln Kayu side, can't imagine racing up slope and having that impact. muah chee going at 160~180km/h?
V2 speed around 300+ km/h for take off :p:p:p

souht bound? from the picture, look like north bound. if south bound, car would fly into the big longkang.

 

[zhihau]

souht bound? from the picture, look like north bound. if south bound, car would fly into the big longkang.

bro,
my sense of direction is a bit bad, me thought the YCK road is either east or west bound? from Hougang Ave 3 & AMK Ave 3 area, west towards serangoon gardens side, east towards Jln Kayu side.

 

[lianbeng]

bro,
my sense of direction is a bit bad, me thought the YCK road is either east or west bound? from Hougang Ave 3 & AMK Ave 3 area, west towards serangoon gardens side, east towards Jln Kayu side.

lianbeng throws in 2 cents: Yio Chu Kang Road actually is from Sembawang Baptist Church at Upp Thomson Road there until Upp Serangoon Road that side lah!

 

[zhihau]

lianbeng throws in 2 cents: Yio Chu Kang Road actually is from Sembawang Baptist Church at Upp Thomson Road there until Upp Serangoon Road that side lah!

hehehe... bro, me don't travel that often lah :p:p:p

 

[peppertail]

Can't really tell if they travelled north or south, but yes, probably north. Here's the location:

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

will the undertaker give discount for 2 funerals in the same family at the same time ?

 

[Fishypie]

This sad episode reminds me of the deceased Singh brothers who were the rear passengers when the drunk driver
fLipped the car aLong Changi CoastaL Road..

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng wonders why the back passengers could fly out of car leh? seat belt not fastened?

 

[peppertail]

lianbeng wonders why the back passenger could fly out of car leh? seat belt not fastened?

Most likely.

 

[Alamaking]

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Cant beat this......

 

[peppertail]

Cant beat this......

Actually i think it's likely to have happened the same way. Lose control, mount the curb at high speed and spin. Difference is there was a tree in the way.

 

[maxxi]

I cannot believe the next day St Vincent De Paul Church goers actually parked right on the fatal SPOT!

 

[maxxi]

Very unusual accident.

From east to west it is a gradual left turn as the road goes.

Oppsite the Shell station.

 

[Alamaking]

I cannot believe the next day St Vincent De Paul Church goers actually parked right on the fatal SPOT!

Jesus dun like them