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The accident left a 4cm-long, 2.5cm-deep gash on her right elbow. She also fractured her right shoulder and had abrasions on her face and legs.
In a two-hour operation, doctors had to stitch back a ligament in her right arm that had been severed from the muscles.
She has since undergone another operation to fix her shoulder, and is awaiting a skin graft operation.
Speaking to The Straits Times last Tuesday, Ms Ng, 26, said she has to lay off physical activities until she recovers fully.
The avid kayaker is training to be a physical education teacher.
"I'm sometimes angry, sometimes sad, and sometimes happy that I'm alive," she said, recalling her lucky escape from death.
"I'm angry because it's going to cause a mess in my studies and I need to make arrangements that include my finance. I can't teach at all, so (there's) no income," she said.
"I'm sad because I cannot pedal any more. I can't climb any more."
She was riding her Yamaha Fino scooter on the second lane along the Pan-Island Expressway last Friday when she suddenly felt a violent bump on her right side.
She was thrown off her scooter onto the third lane and, to her horror, saw cars whizzing by.
"My mind went blank. I just hoped that no other cars would hit me," she said at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Her scooter had been sideswiped by a lorry that appeared to have been tailgating her for almost two minutes.
The horrific accident was captured by a camera in a car behind the lorry.
The video was uploaded and as of last night, had been viewed at least 25,000 times on YouTube.
She is looking at a long road to recovery. After her wounds heal, she will have to go through three to four months of physiotherapy.
Ms Ng, who is single, got her licence two months ago. She said she does not regret getting it although she will stop riding for now because her family is worried about her safety.
She has seen the video of the accident at least five times.
The lorry driver was condemned by netizens for appearing to overtake her before hitting her.
She was conscious throughout her ordeal. She remembers motorists stopping to help her by sheltering her with an umbrella, using a cloth to stop her bleeding and calling an ambulance.
Although the video showed a man alighting from the lorry which had stopped, and hurrying towards her, she does not remember him. "I don't recall seeing the driver," she said, adding that he has also not contacted her.
"I'm lucky that a witness helped me get the video so at least I know I'm not in the wrong," she added.
The police on that day said that no arrests have been made.
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