At about 1 am, at the Aljunied flyover on the PIE towards Tuas,
Peter, 18, lost control of his Yamaha motorcycle after he hit a
bump on the road.
His bike skidded and crashed, spinning from the middle lane to the
left side of the four-lane road.
But the youth was thrown off his machine and his head was slammed
against the road divider.
Wee Keong, 19, who was following behind, tried to avoid his friend
by swerving to the left. But he, too, lost control and fell off his
Honda motorcycle.
The pair suffered multiple injuries and were pronounced dead at the
scene by paramedics at about 1.30 am.
At the wake yesterday, Mr Jack Ho, 46, said his son Peter was
working part time as a salesman while waiting to further his
studies.
The youth, the second of three children, had just graduated from
the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and was due to start a
two-year industrial technician certificate course in mechanical
engineering in July.
He and Wee Keong, who had just joined the Air Force, had been
friends since their primary school days and were very close because
they lived near each other, said Mr Ho, a mechanic.
On Saturday evening, the youth had left his Bedok North home to go
to Wee Keong's flat a few blocks away in Bedok North Street 3. That
was the last time his family saw him.
A tearful Mr Ho said that he had pinned his hopes on Peter to take
over his garage.
He said: 'Peter passed his riding test in January and asked his
mother for money to buy a motorcycle. But I was against him having
a motorcycle.
'So, when he passed his driving test in February, I gave him a car
and told him to sell the bike and return the $6,000 to his
mother.'
He said that he had seen his son driving the car.
He did not know that his son did not sell his bike as promised
until he was told of the accident at about 3.30 am yesterday by his
son's friends.
'Maybe he wanted to keep it because all his friends also have
motorbikes,' he said.
Eye-witnesses should call the Traffic Police on 1800-
547-1818.
Extract from www.sgbikers.com
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