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  • Ten US Sailors Missing After Destroyer USS John S McCain Collides With Oil Tanker

    Ten US Sailors Missing After Destroyer USS John S McCain Collides With Oil Tanker

    Ten American sailors are missing and five injured after the guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain was damaged in a collision with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore.

    The US navy said the warship had “sustained damage to her port side aft” in the collision with the Alnic MC east of the straits of Malacca and Singapore.

    It is the second collision involving a ship from the navy’s 7th Fleet in the Pacific in two months. Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship hit each other in waters off Japan.

    “There are currently 10 sailors missing and five injured,” the navy said in a statement posted on the website of the commander of the US Pacific fleet.

    “Search and rescue efforts” were underway in coordination with local authorities after the incident at 5.24am local time on Monday.

    “In addition to tug boats out of Singapore, the republic of Singapore navy ship RSS Gallant, RSN helicopters and police coast guard vessel Basking Shark are currently in the area to render assistance,” it said.

    The US warship was “currently sailing under its own power” to Singapore, the navy statement said, where it had been due for a routine port visit.

    The statement gave no other details about the missing crew. The incident would be investigated, it said.

    The Fitzgerald’s captain was relieved of his command and other sailors were being punished after the navy found poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch contributed to the collision, it was announced last week. An investigation into how and why the Fitzgerald collided with the other ship was not finished, but enough details were known to take those actions, the Navy said.

    The John S McCain, which has seen service in the 2003 Iraq war, the Korean peninsula and Japan, is named after the father and grandfather of Arizona senator and former naval pilot John McCain, who were both US navy admirals. Senator McCain tweeted that he was praying for the crew.

    President Donald Trump replied “that’s too bad” in response to shouted questions about the McCain from reporters as he returned to the White House after a working holiday at his golf resort in New Jersey, according to pool reports.

    The Fitzgerald and John S McCain are both ballistic missile defence (BMD) capable ships and part of the same Japan-based destroyer squadron. The 7th fleet has six ships assigned to BMD patrols, with half of those out on patrol at any one time.

    Asked whether the US Navy would need to bring forward other ships to maintain its strength amid rising tension with North Korea, a spokesman said it was “way too early to know”.

    The Alnic MC is an oil tanker that sails under the Liberian flag. It is 182m (600ft) long and has a deadweight tonnage of 50,760.

    Ship tracking websites showed that the Alnic was currently east of Singapore. The ship’s data showed it was “ballasting”, meaning that it was not loaded full of oil for cargo.

    The waterways around Singapore are some of the busiest and most important in the world, carrying around a quarter of the world’s trade in goods and oil.

     

    Source: https://www.theguardian.com

  • Finding Hit-And-Run E-Bike Rider Riding At 50KM/H At Gambas, Help Needed!

    Finding Hit-And-Run E-Bike Rider Riding At 50KM/H At Gambas, Help Needed!

    Incident happened around 5:30PM on 13 August at Gambas (near the Yishun Camp pathway). The danger of selfish e-bike/e-scooter riders riding recklessly hitting pedestrians walking on the pavement. Maybe the government should re-look at the usage of such e-bikes/e-scooters because this is definitely not a once-off incident.

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    Accident happens yesterday (13 August) around 5.30pm at gambas, at the yishun camp there along the pathway. And this fucker uncle riding a ebike at 50km/hr speed , with no number plate ride towards my boyfriend. My boyfriend fly 3-5m away leh! My boyfriend siam away liao still kena like this. Imagine if he nvr siam leh? He will be more serious right?!

    I think his bike is illegal sia, macham car. Knn hit my boyfriend, he stop and look behind then run away without even help him up. Now my boyfriend wrist broken, nails break, knee so jialak. As you can see in the picture. Can u compensate my boyfriend’s emotional and physical pain anot?! I curse and hope that uncle got karma! You think that area no camera cannot catch you isit?

    Luckily got 3 person help him up after the accident. Thank you so much for helping my boyfriend!

    Anyone can help me find who that bastard who hit my boyfriend. And i would like to thank those who helped him up. Please help me like and share to everyone!

    #ebike #sg #accident #withness #yishun

     

    Source: Mickie

  • Man Pierced By Screw That Was Deliberately Inserted Into Lemon Peels At Toa Payoh

    Man Pierced By Screw That Was Deliberately Inserted Into Lemon Peels At Toa Payoh

    Stomper Nick‘s foot was pierced by a screw that had been inserted into a lemon peel and placed at a service road in front of Block 113 Toa Payoh Lorong 1 at around 1pm yesterday (Jul 31).

    In a telephone interview, he said that he then saw around 10 similar objects scattered around when he surveyed the area.

    Nick told Stomp that he was walking his dogs in the HDB estate when he felt that he stepped on something sharp.

    Upon investigation, he found that a 5cm screw had went through his sandal and pierced his left foot. He was bleeding following what happened.

    Thereafter, two men staying at a ground floor HDB unit came to render assistance.

    Nick recounted what happened:

    “Upon closer inspection, we found that the screw was deliberately inserted into a lemon peel and there were more scattered nearby on the road and some in the grass.

    “Altogether we found about 10 of them.

    “These have obviously been placed in such a way to puncture car tyres, but it is also extremely dangerous as people can step on them!

    “There are a lot of families in the area and lots of children walk by as well.

    “There is a playground just 10 metres or so away for crying out loud!

    “Just to let everyone know that there are all kinds of sick people in this world, so take care of yourself and your kids and watch where you step.

    “I’m in considerable pain, but otherwise fine for now.”

    “I encourage anyone who lives or is in the area to be vigilant and make a police report if you see anything similar.”

    The Stomper has seen a doctor to treat his wounds. He has received a Tetanus shot, some antibiotics and pain killers.

    Nick has also lodged a police report over what happened.

     

    Source: http://stomp.straitstimes.com/

  • SBS Transit Says There Was “No Malfunction In The Fare Gate” Based On CCTV Footage

    SBS Transit Says There Was “No Malfunction In The Fare Gate” Based On CCTV Footage

    A toddler was hurt when the fare gates at Hougang Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station closed on him unexpectedly on Sunday (Jul 16).

    In a Facebook post that night, the child’s aunt, Ms Kelly Ng, said her three-year-old nephew had tapped his EZ-link card and was about to walk through the gates when they “closed up on him very fast”.

    According to Ms Ng, the child’s mother informed two station staff but neither of them came out to assist her, she said.

    “Out of exasperation and seeing there is no assistance going to be rendered, my sister opened the side gate to get to my nephew fast to check on his injury. He complained about pain on his chest and stomach, and perhaps on his shoulder too,” she wrote.

    Ms Ng said the MRT staff called an ambulance and that when she arrived, the toddler was sitting on a chair “looking scared/shocked and in pain”.

    “The main grouse from my sister is the two staff did not try to assist or come out from their seat to even take a look at my nephew who has been injured by the gates. They even tried to record my sister’s conversation with them. This kind of service standard is totally unacceptable,” the aunt added in the post.

    NO MALFUNCTION OF FARE GATES: SBS TRANSIT

    In response to Channel NewsAsia’s queries, SBS Transit’s senior vice president of corporate communications Tammy Tan said the company was “sorry to hear” that Ms Ng’s nephew was hurt when passing through the fare gates.

    Ms Tan said the team had spoken to the child’s father, Mr Lim, on Monday morning to find out how the child was.

    SBS Transit has also investigated the incident with the help of CCTV footage. “From the footage, we note that the mother, who was pushing a stroller, had tapped in first followed by the child and then the father, Mr Lim,” Ms Tan said.

    “As Mrs Lim was making her way through the fare gate, there was a distance between her and the stroller causing the system to recognise this as entry by two separate entities. The stroller passed through the fare gate on the mother’s card while the mother did so on the child’s card. Therefore, when the child proceeded forward, the flaps of the fare gates closed on him as the system had detected an intrusion. There was no malfunction in the fare gate.”

    Ms Tan said that following the incident, Mrs Lim should have approached SBS Transit staff for assistance in getting her son through the fare gate instead of opening the side door manually for him.

    She added that staff at the passenger service centre were not aware of the incident until the mother came forward to alert them about two minutes later, after she had attended to her son. An ambulance subsequently ferried the child to hospital where he received outpatient treatment, she said.

    “Our staff should have come out from their office to see if the child was hurt and required medical attention,” Ms Tan acknowledged.

    “We could have handled this better and do apologise for any distress caused. We will take the necessary actions to do better … We wish Mr Lim’s son a speedy recovery.”

     

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com

  • 7 Injured As Lorry Rams Vehicles Outside Al-Ameen Restaurant In Woodlands

    7 Injured As Lorry Rams Vehicles Outside Al-Ameen Restaurant In Woodlands

    Seven people, including two children, were injured when a lorry rammed two parked cars and another lorry near Al-Ameen Eating Corner in Woodlands on Sunday (Jun 4) morning.

    The police said they were alerted to the incident, which involved two cars and two lorries, at around 6am along Woodlands Avenue 5 towards Woodlands Avenue 9.

    Five people between the ages of 16 and 35 were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Two children, aged 10 and 11, were taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

    Channel NewsAsia understands that two cars and a lorry were parked alongside the road near Al-Ameen restaurant when a moving lorry hit one of the cars, triggering a chain collision.

    Police said that the lorry driver is currently assisting with investigations.

    Eyewitness Nur’Ain Rosman posted photos and videos of the aftermath of the accident, which she said involved her friends.

    She said that five of her friends had head injuries and fractured limbs as a result of the accident. The three adults and two children are currently in hospital for observation, she told Channel NewsAsia.

     

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/