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Biker dies after collision with cyclist
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after colliding with a bicycle, in the second fatal crash involving cyclists this week.
The accident took place in Admiralty Road West in the direction of Sembawang Road at around 6.40pm on Tuesday.
Police said the motorcyclist was in the left lane of the two-lane road. It is believed that the cyclist veered into his path.
Just a day earlier, air force regular and avid cyclist Chua Shiu Beng, 45, died in a collision between two cyclists and a lorry in Changi Coast Road.
In Tuesday's crash, both the motorcyclist, Mr Chua Eng Huat, 57, and the cyclist, a 34-year-old Bangladeshi national, were thrown from their two-wheelers.
Mr Chua died of head injuries in hospital seven hours later. The foreign worker had cuts to his leg and is helping in police investigations. No arrests have been made.
Mr Chua leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter.
'My brother had been riding his bike to work as a deliveryman every day for the past 30 years but never got into an accident,' said his brother Ong Yu, 65, at the wake at Mr Chua's family home in Sembawang.
'There are so many cyclists on the road now, and so many do not observe traffic rules - something needs to be done.'
Seven cyclists were killed in the first five months of last year, up from three in the same period in 2009. Figures for the whole year are not yet available.
Cycling associations say the problem lies in the lack of safety education.
'We need to reach out to all cyclists, from those with $20 bikes to $20,000 bikes,' said Singapore Amateur Cycling Association general manager Daniel Loy.
'Pasting reflective material on the bicycle may seem like common sense, but many still do not observe it.'
This seems to be especially true for the growing number of foreign worker cyclists.
Mr Mohamed Uonos, dormitory supervisor for Soon Lee and Greenfield dormitories, said: 'Many of them don't know the basic rules, like keeping to the left, moving in the same direction as the traffic. Some are quite surprised when I tell them.'
ELIZABETH SOH
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after colliding with a bicycle, in the second fatal crash involving cyclists this week.
The accident took place in Admiralty Road West in the direction of Sembawang Road at around 6.40pm on Tuesday.
Police said the motorcyclist was in the left lane of the two-lane road. It is believed that the cyclist veered into his path.
Just a day earlier, air force regular and avid cyclist Chua Shiu Beng, 45, died in a collision between two cyclists and a lorry in Changi Coast Road.
In Tuesday's crash, both the motorcyclist, Mr Chua Eng Huat, 57, and the cyclist, a 34-year-old Bangladeshi national, were thrown from their two-wheelers.
Mr Chua died of head injuries in hospital seven hours later. The foreign worker had cuts to his leg and is helping in police investigations. No arrests have been made.
Mr Chua leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter.
'My brother had been riding his bike to work as a deliveryman every day for the past 30 years but never got into an accident,' said his brother Ong Yu, 65, at the wake at Mr Chua's family home in Sembawang.
'There are so many cyclists on the road now, and so many do not observe traffic rules - something needs to be done.'
Seven cyclists were killed in the first five months of last year, up from three in the same period in 2009. Figures for the whole year are not yet available.
Cycling associations say the problem lies in the lack of safety education.
'We need to reach out to all cyclists, from those with $20 bikes to $20,000 bikes,' said Singapore Amateur Cycling Association general manager Daniel Loy.
'Pasting reflective material on the bicycle may seem like common sense, but many still do not observe it.'
This seems to be especially true for the growing number of foreign worker cyclists.
Mr Mohamed Uonos, dormitory supervisor for Soon Lee and Greenfield dormitories, said: 'Many of them don't know the basic rules, like keeping to the left, moving in the same direction as the traffic. Some are quite surprised when I tell them.'
ELIZABETH SOH
