Saved: Ducktours boat pulls cabby
out of river
Lifesavers both, Miss Angela Wee and the buoy
she had thrown into the water for the cab driver, who was pulled to
safety. -- LIANHE ZAOBAO
THE crew of a tour boat saved a cab driver who fell 9m from the
Benjamin Sheares Bridge on Thursday evening.
Captain Abu Bakar Mohammed, who was steering the Duckboat towards
Marina Promenade with five tourists and two crew members aboard,
said he heard a loud sound as the vessel passed under the
bridge.
A minute later, he saw a man bobbing in the water.
As he moved his vessel closer, tour guide Angela Wee, 23, threw the
man a rope and a life buoy, and with two others, pulled him on
board.
The 50-year-old had injured his ribs and left arm, and was taken to
the Singapore General Hospital.
Ducktours operations manager Wong Ee Hong said the boat was there
at the time only because the weather had prompted a change in its
schedule.
The police are investigating.
