'I couldn't just drive by': Malaysian party official helps injured Singaporean retirees after crash“我不能袖手旁观”：马来西亚政党官员在车祸后帮助受伤的新加坡退休人员
A Singaporean couple injured in a motorcycle accident on Johor's North-South Expressway found help from a group of Malaysians who stopped to shelter them from heavy rain and assist them after the crash.Among them was Joan Ng, whom China Press identified as the National Vision Party's Kluang division chief. She was travelling home after helping with election campaigning in Melaka...
A Singaporean couple injured in a motorcycle accident on Johor's North-South Expressway found help from a group of Malaysians who stopped to shelter them from heavy rain and assist them after the crash.
Among them was Joan Ng, whom China Press identified as the National Vision Party's Kluang division chief. She was travelling home after helping with election campaigning in Melaka when she came across the scene.
Spotting several motorists using small umbrellas to shield the injured couple from the downpour, Ng shared in a Facebook post on Sunday (Nov 1) that she alighted from her car to help.
She retrieved large umbrellas from her car, used them to shelter the pair from the rain and draped a raincoat over them, before helping them contact their family.
The accident occurred near a rest area in Sri Gading in Batu Pahat district, reported Malaysian media outlet China Press.
According to Ng's Facebook post, the couple had both fractured a leg and were unable to move.
Ng told China Press the Singaporean retirees, both in their sixties, were conscious and explained the accident to her.
The couple had been travelling on a motorcycle in Malaysia when they reportedly crashed into a guardrail while trying to avoid a BYD car that had suffered a tyre blowout ahead of them.
"The wife must have been in shock, she even asked if she was in Malaysia," she recounted.
As the couple did not speak Malay or English, Ng also helped them communicate with paramedics and contact their children.
Ng said she and her team remained with the couple in the rain until an ambulance arrived.
She added that the couple were sent to a hospital in Batu Pahat, and their children later arranged for them to return to Singapore for treatment.
"Seeing someone injured, I couldn't just drive by," Ng wrote in her Facebook post.
"Even when exhausted or amidst a downpour, one should reach out a helping hand if they can," Ng wrote on Facebook.
"May the couple recover soon and return home safely."
lim.kewei@asiaone.com
一对新加坡夫妇在柔佛州南北大道上发生摩托车事故受伤，幸得一群马来西亚人的帮助，他们停车为他们遮挡暴雨，并在事故发生后协助他们。
其中一人是琼·吴（Joan Ng），《中国报》确认她是国民愿景党居銮区部主任。她当时正在马六甲协助竞选活动后回家途中，偶然看到了这一幕。
看到几位驾车人士用小伞为受伤的夫妇遮挡暴雨，吴女士在周日（11 月 1 日）的 Facebook 帖子中分享说，她下车去帮忙了。
她从车里拿出几把大伞，用它们为两人遮雨，并给他们披上雨衣，然后帮助他们联系家人。
据马来西亚媒体《中国报》报道，事故发生在峇株巴辖县斯里加丁附近的一个休息区。
根据 Ng 在 Facebook 上的帖子，这对夫妇双双腿部骨折，无法动弹。
吴女士告诉《中国报》，这两位六十多岁的新加坡退休老人意识清醒，并向她解释了事故经过。
据报道，这对夫妇当时骑着摩托车在马来西亚旅行，为了避让前方一辆爆胎的比亚迪汽车，他们撞上了护栏。
“妻子当时肯定吓坏了，她甚至问自己是不是在马来西亚，”她回忆道。
由于这对夫妇不会说马来语或英语，吴先生还帮助他们与医护人员沟通并联系他们的孩子。
吴女士说，她和她的团队冒雨陪伴这对夫妇，直到救护车赶到。
她补充说，这对夫妇被送往峇株巴辖的一家医院，他们的孩子后来安排他们返回新加坡接受治疗。
“看到有人受伤，我不能袖手旁观，”吴女士在她的Facebook帖子中写道。
“即使筋疲力尽或身处暴雨之中，如果可以的话，也应该伸出援手，”吴在脸书上写道。
“祝愿这对夫妇早日康复，平安回家。”
lim.kewei@asiaone.com