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Singapore A second foreign worker has died in the collision between a lorry and a stationary tipper truck along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) on Tuesday (Apr 20). He was riding in the back of the lorry, the Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) announced on Friday (Apr 23).
The first casualty from the accident was a 33-year-old migrant worker from Bangladesh, Mr Tofazzal Hossain, who died on the day of the collision. He left behind a two-year-old son, widow, ailing mother, and other family members whom he supported financially.
MWC announced that it had “ .”
The group is in touch with the worker’s mother, who also works in Singapore, to render assistance to the family.
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A screengrab of a video of an accident involving a lorry and a stationary tipper truck along the PIE on Apr 20, 2021. (Video: Watson Wong)
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In an update on Facebook, MWC said it is in contact with the worker’s mother, who is also working in Singapore, to “extend our assistance and deepest condolences to her and the family”.
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Non-profit organisation It s Raining Raincoats told CNA that the man was from India and that his mother, a domestic worker, visited him at the hospital on Thursday night.
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(From left to right) Shohel Md, Anisuzzaman Md, Marimuthu died in the Tuas explosion that occurred on Feb 24, 2021. Non-profit organisation ItsRainingRaincoats is raising funds for their families, and five other victims who are still undergoing treatment. (Photo: ItsRainingRaincoats GIVE.asia campaign site)
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SINGAPORE: The bodies of three workers who died from injuries in an explosion at an industrial building in Tuas will be repatriated on Thursday (Mar 4), said the Migrant Workers Centre (MWC).
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