4-year-old girl dies in Changi Beach tragedy

 

By Jeanette Tan | SingaporeScene – 23 hours ago

A young girl died after a wave swept her out to sea at Changi Beach. (Yahoo! file photo)

A four-year-old girl was swept out to sea at Changi Beach on Sunday, and died while on the way to the hospital.
Nur Nadhirah Atiqah was found about 15m from the shore after a stranger swam into the sea to help look for her. The young girl was at the beach with her family for an early Father's Day celebration, according to The New Paper.
Her heart had stopped beating when she was rescued from the sea, but was restored when a female stranger administered CPR to her. She was unable to survive the subsequent trip to the hospital, however.
Nur Nadhirah had been playing in the sea with her cousins at about 1:15pm when a wave washed over her and she went missing. An emergency call was then made, and an ambulance was dispatched to Changi Beach.
Her father, Muhd Imran, told Lianhe Wanbao that he had allowed her to play in the water with her cousins as one of her sisters was unwell. Her mother had been taking care of her younger sister.
"After she was lost, I kept shouting her name and a man went into the water to find her," he said, adding that after she had been found and brought back to shore, another stranger gave her CPR to revive her heartbeat.
According to reports, doctors later found that there were foreign objects blocking Nur Nadhirah's throat.
Muhd Imran said, "I watched her take her last breath. If only I had been more careful, she would not have died. I will have to carry this regret with me for the rest of my life."

Robber with toy pistol flees with $26k in Malaysia

By Steven Chiew in Kuala Lumpur/The Star | ANN – Sat, Jun 11, 2011

Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) - A robber with a toy pistol needed only five minutes to walk away with 80,000 ringgit (US$26,450) from a bank in Taman Tanming Jaya, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia.
Kajang police department chief Asst Comm Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab said the robber, believed to be in his 20s, jumped over the counter and ordered a female clerk to fill money into a bag while brandishing the fake weapon.
He said the man took a clerk hostage but left him outside the bank before fleeing on a motorcycle.
"There were few staff and customers in the bank during the robbery. The robber, who was clad in a dark shirt and wore sunglasses, was possibly wearing a wig and acted alone," Abdul Rashid said.
He said police would study footage from the closed circuit television (CCTV) in the bank.
A restaurant worker said he was in the bank during the robbery.
"I suspected that the pistol was fake when the robber fired two shots. The sound was not as loud as a real gunshot but I was too afraid to do anything," he said.

2-year-old boy killed by mum’s reversing car

By Jeanette Tan | SingaporeScene – 53 minutes ago

A two-year-old toddler died when his mother's car reversed into him. (Yahoo! file photo)

A two-year-old Australian boy was accidentally killed on Monday afternoon by his mother as she was driving her car in reverse at their home in Singapore.
According to media reports, the toddler, Henry Harrington, was playing with his skate scooter at the front gate when he saw his mother returning home.
He ran toward her white multi-purpose vehicle as it reversed into their two-storey rented house in Jalan Binchang.
His mother, a housewife, did not see him and ran over him, only realising what had happened when a passing taxi driver yelled at her to stop the car, according to The Straits Times.
At that time, the family's domestic helper was doing chores at the back of the house, while Henry's older sister, aged 4, was inside. His older brother, 6, was out on a play date.
Neighbours saw Mrs Harrington screaming and holding her son, as she performed CPR on him while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
Businessman Jack Lee, who lives opposite the Harringtons, said that he heard his neighbour's screams and ran to their house where he saw a pool of blood under the family's car, reported The New Paper.
"At first, I thought it was a dog," Lee said on seeing Mrs Harrington with her son. "But when I looked closer, I realised it was a child. She was panicking and shouting for someone to save her son."
By then, Henry's older sister and their maid had rushed out of the house, reported Shin Min Daily News. They cried as Mrs Harrington placed Henry on the doormat at the front door.
Lee, who is in his late 40s, said that he tried to find a pulse on the toddler's wrist, but was unable to, even after several attempts on his mother's part to revive him.
"He wasn't moving," he said. "His face was very pale and his lips and nails were all black."
According to Lee, Henry was about 80cm tall, and his height came approximately to waist level.
Henry was then rushed to KK Women and Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:45pm.
A police spokesperson said that investigations are ongoing and that they have questioned Mr and Mrs Harrington.
Henry's father, Dion, said his wife usually brought Henry along whenever she went out.
"Yesterday was one of the rare occasions she left him at home," he told The New Paper.
He also said he plans to bring his son's body back to Perth, where they lived before moving to Singapore in September last year, reported The New Paper.
He said, "We will probably just have a service in Singapore, but we intend to bring him back to Perth this weekend."