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IT was an accident that severed a woman's leg and left a witness
shaking.
Paramedics find victim in a confused state. She is in pain and has
lost a lot of blood. They pick up severed limb
A Caucasian woman was standing outside the McDonald's outlet near
Far East Flora at Queensway, when a car suddenly swerved and hit
her.
Seconds later, she was on the ground with her right leg severed
below her knee. Her left leg was also broken.
The woman, who is in her 30s, is now at National University
Hospital (NUH).
The accident occurred at 7.30am last Tuesday.
Police said a car and a bus collided along Queensway outside the
fastfood outlet at Ridout Tea Garden.
The car then skidded into the carpark at the tea garden and hit a
stationary car. It then hit the woman and another parked car before
finally stopping.
Mr Andy Gun, 28, a foreman at nursery Far East Flora, was about to
start his shift when he heard a loud noise.
His workplace and the McDonald's outlet are at the Ridout Tea
Garden.
Mr Gun said: 'It was 7.30am and I had just changed into my work
uniform. Suddenly, I heard a loud bang.
'I thought the McDonald's outlet was on fire and rushed out to see
what happened.'
There was no fire, but what Mr Gun saw next shocked him.
Lying on the ground in front of him was the woman's severed
leg.
Mr Gun said: 'That was the worst thing I have seen in my life. When
I saw it, I was so scared that I was shaking. I ran back to my
workplace.
'After that, I lost my appetite for lunch and dinner. I kept
thinking about the accident and could not sleep.'
LOUD CRASH
An employee at the McDonald's outlet, Mr AL Jeffry, 25, said he was
waiting to deliver some takeaway meals that morning when he heard a
loud crash coming from the carpark.
'When I went there, a Caucasian woman was lying on the ground,' he
said. 'One of her legs looked like it was chopped off and the other
leg was badly broken.
'Moments before, one of my colleagues had served her. She bought a
takeaway meal and was leaving the place when she was hit by the
car.
Video grabs of a camera phone clip taken by The New Paper
reader.
'There was a lot of blood and she was in pain, but I did not hear
any screaming. A woman was cradling and consoling her.
'I ran into the outlet, got some water and gave it to the woman
helping the victim.'
Mr Jeffry saw an empty bus by the main road and three damaged cars
in the carpark. He said one of the cars had hit the woman.
A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman said they were
informed of the accident at about 7.30am. An ambulance arrived
within 10 minutes.
The spokesman said: 'The woman was in pain and had lost a lot of
blood. She was in a confused state when the paramedics reached her,
but she did not become hysterical.
'We retrieved the severed limb, placed it in ice, and rushed it and
the woman to hospital.'
RUSHING TO SAVE LIMB
Mr Jeffry said his friend, who was with him, used a camera phone to
capture a video clip of the accident scene. The clip shows SCDF
paramedics attending to the injured woman.
There is also footage of one of the paramedics picking up what
looks like the severed leg and rushing to put it into the waiting
ambulance.
The woman is now at NUH's Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
Paramedics place severed limb in ice, and rush it and woman to
hospital
A hospital spokesman said she was alive, but could not say more as
her family declined to comment on her condition or give any
interviews to the press.
It is not known if her leg has been re-attached.
Police said that investigations into the accident are ongoing and
no arrests have been made to date.
Anyone with information on the accident can call the Traffic Police
hotline at 1800-547-1818.
