By Ewen Boey – August 24th, 2010
A man fell to his death in broad daylight at the busy Shaw
Centre near Claymore Hill Road on Tuesday afternoon.
Eyewitness said the man, believed to be a
Malay man in his 30s, fell from the Shaw Centre
carpark, at around 5pm.
Carpark attendant, Sakinah, who’s in her 30s and works
at the 12-floor Shaw Centre carpark, told Yahoo! Singapore
that one of her frequent customers saw the man
jump to his death.
She said, “My customer told me the man fell onto an Audi car
that was passing by, cracked the windshield of the car. His
body then bounced backwards and hit another stationary Mercedes car
about 10 metres away.”
The driver of the Mercedes car, who was in his 40s but
didn’t want to give out his name, said he was waiting for his
boss in the car in front of the HSBC banking centre at the corner
of the road when he suddenly saw something hit the front
of the car.
He also said he called the police immediately after.
Financial consultant Jennifer Sin, in her 30s, also
witnessed the horrific accident in broad daylight while
she was in her car waiting to turn into the Shaw Centre
carpark.
Still shocked, she said, “I was about 50 metres away when
suddenly I just saw an object flying through the air and
land. Traffic came to a standstill after that. It was
horrible.”
When Yahoo! arrived on the scene around 6pm, there was a crowd
of 30 to 40 people standing around, watching as the police put the
man in a bodybag.
The area had also been cordoned off and there were about 4
police cars and one ambulance surround the area.
Eyewitnesses said they also saw a Malay girl in her early
20s, wearing a red colour shirt, black pants and
jeans, sitting next to the body and crying immediately after.
She, and another girl, were escorted away by a couple of Malay
friends about an hour after the accident.
- Yahoo! Singapore News