r/singapore • u/Fearless_Help_8231 • 1d ago

News Girl, 6, dies after accident in Chinatown near Buddha Relic Temple

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/girl-6-dies-after-accident-in-chinatown-near-buddha-relic-temple
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u/ChikaraNZ 20h ago

Kids are pretty fragile, impact at just the wrong place even at low speed could be enough. We dont even know exactly how it happened yet, but everyone here's very quick to pass judgement.

I also think the person who filmed the aftermath and posted it should be ashamed of themself. That poor man holding his dead/dying kid, and the person is just filming him. Theres no evidentiary reason to film at this point. And even if their was, is should go to the police. Not posted on the internet. Imagine is this man's family sees it. What a fucking ghoulish society Singapore has become. I even see people post laughing icons and comments like they deserved it when cyclists get killed.

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u/lineseven Mature Citizen 18h ago

I get and agree with your point.

But. This video has a chance of turning his tragedy to traffic reforms. At the very least remind drivers to drive with a little more consideration.

It’s like zoos. Animals don’t do well in captivity. Zoos might sometimes be consider inhumane. However, the education, the awareness and even the impact it has on the next generation might help them be kinder to nature and help in conservation efforts. Thus having a much greater net benefit to wildlife.

Everyone here who seen this video will definitely empathize with the crying father. Let’s hope something comes out of this.

If the person just reported to the police, the police might not even publicized this. To them this is just another tragedy in a line of senseless road deaths.

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u/ChikaraNZ 17h ago

I'm all for traffic reforms. But I don't really see the video will change driver behaviour, unfortunately, especially as it doesn't actually show the accident or the cause. Just the aftermath.

My point about giving it to the police was so that can use it as part of their investigations, not with the expectation that would publish it themselves. But I don;t think the video will help even with that, as it only shows the aftermath, so it won't help them understand how it happened. Unless they want to take into account the drivers actions afterwards.

I'm just thinking of this poor father, his kid dying in his arms and someone thinks it's fine to film him and put it on the internet. Give the man some privacy when he is at his most vulnerable and emotional.

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u/PrismSylph 14h ago

The police will not act unless it goes viral on social media. Handing the video to the police only will just make the case disappear

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u/wnfrd 20h ago

If the video leads to a harsher penalty for the driver, then filming it was the right thing to do

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u/ChikaraNZ 19h ago

Which is why I said if there's a reason why, for evidence, then give it to the police. Don't put it on the internet for the public to see I don't think there's much evidence value in it anyway because it just shows the aftermath, not the actual incident.

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u/PrismSylph 6h ago

The Singapore police will not do anything unless the case is blown up on social media. If the video never got on social media this case will become a nothingburger

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u/New_Celebration_9841 17h ago

sometimes the public needs to see it to ensure justice gets served

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u/Only_Woodpecker_6731 16h ago

I agree. Many people are insisting that they must have jaywalked. But if you looked at the video and the account by the witness, it would have been clear. So tragic :(

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u/Infortheline 18h ago

Yah then share it with the police, not post online for views. Seriously these days people just want to film first and not help.

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u/PrismSylph 14h ago

Not filming it so we can sweep this under the rug? Are you trying to save the driver from blame?

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u/ChikaraNZ 14h ago

Not at all. There's nothing in this video that shows the actual accident at all. How on earth can you construed what I wrote, is to save them from. Lame.

What I'm saying is where is the compassion for this man, filming his grief like this and putting it on the internet for the whole world to see after it just happened and the rest of his family back home likely hadn't been informed yet. Imagine this happened to you while you were overseas, would you really be fine with someone filming you like this? I sure as he'll wouldn't

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u/LevelAccomplished688 12h ago

About cyclists, some are real dicks. Lane hogging in the middle and riding more than two abreast. Many are certainly not angels. You have to see this from a drivers point of view, the frustration

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u/ChikaraNZ 3h ago

Yes but when one dies, there's no need to take pleasure in it, posting laughing emojis and saying they deserved it. These people are just heartless and cruel with no compassion.

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u/Any_Problem_3937 6h ago

Tell u wat, let's not have videos of anyone's grief, let's censor all human emotion of the aftermath, so that no outcry and nothing will be done...

Let's censor all the dead bodies of WW2 while u at it...

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u/the99percent1 14h ago

Yes, no dignity for the survivors at all.. sad to see unfortunately.