To set the record straight, my wife, pictured in this photo was NOT the driver involved in the accident. We drive a white Honda sedan which was parked right behind the second lorry (travelling behind the first lorry that overturned but not shown in the photos). Unlike other drivers who sped off when the accident happened (I'm not blaming them), my wife actually stopped the car and came down to offer whatever help she could to the affected foreign workers. Despite being in a slight state of shock herself after witnessing a terrible accident a few moments ago, all she thought of was helping the foreign workers in pain. The picture above shows her giving her eye-witness statement to the police after they arrived at the scene. However, before that she was comforting the affected foreign workers and reassuring them that help was coming soon. Now the 27-year old male driver of the black Honda, not shown in any of the photos, was too affected by the incident and could only provide his statement in the ambulance away from the probing public eyes. Anyone would be after being involved in such an unfortunate accident. The traffic police subsequently took the video recordings from our in-car camera and when we called the inspector in charge this morning, he mentioned that the recordings had been very helpful in the investigation. However, they could not reveal more as investigation was still ongoing.
Now the reason why I am writing this is because I wanted to highlight that despite how I thought The Straits Times (and SPH) was a source of accurate reporting, the pictures published in the papers paint a fully inaccurate account of the accident with regard to who was potentially at fault in the accident. While I am very upset that my wife has been vilified by the press despite being a helpful Samaritan, I am most proud of what she did and love her for who she is and her kind heart. Would this incident discourage us from offering help again in public the next time? ABSOLUTELY NOT. However, it teaches us a lesson that one should not fully believe in everything you see and read in the papers. Even if it a national newspaper like The Straits Times.
And for those of you that are debating about heels and female drivers and what not, please ..... get a life. Otherwise, if you are really interested, drop me a PM and I will make sure you will get a good answer from me.
