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Students are supposed to be released for their lunch break, but are instead kept in their classrooms. Police cars are seen parked inside River Valley High School on July 19, 2021. PHOTO: The Straits Times 2pm: An ambulance is seen leaving the school. Students are ushered into the school hall for a briefing by staff. Some students are allowed to leave school grounds. 2.15pm: Canteen staff are allowed to leave the school premises. Several unmarked cars, believed to be ferrying plainclothes officers, are seen entering the school. 2.25pm: A police car is seen leaving the school. [[nid:537295]] 3.20pm: Staff lead students out of the school compound. Several parents are already at the school waiting for their children. ....
The Straits Times Woman dies after being trapped under fallen tree People at the park tried to lift the tree off her but failed; cutting equipment used to extricate her Eyewitnesses said they heard a loud crack just before the 20m-tall Araucaria excelsa tree, which had a girth of 1.3m, fell yesterday morning at Marsiling Park, pinning Ms Loke Xiao Li, 38, under it. About 10 people at the park tried to lift the tree but were unsuccessful. Part of the tree fell into the lake. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO Ms Loke s body being carried out of the park. Singapore Civil Defence Force officers used cutting equipment to extricate her after she was trapped under the tree, but she was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO ....