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Lying on a stretcher and wearing a neck brace, Madam Siti Nur Shahidah was tilted slowly to her side by paramedics so she could have one last look at her husband.
With tears in her eyes, Madam Siti, 30, said her final farewell to her husband of three years, Mr Noor Azhar Haji Tamron, on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr Azhar, 33, was killed while his wife fractured her back and was bruised on her body and face after their car slammed into a tree at the side of Simei Street 1, near Block 132, at 2am on Wednesday.
Despite her injuries, Madam Siti was taken from Changi General Hospital (CGH) in an ambulance to the void deck of Block 120, Simei Street 1, where the couple live, to attend her husband's funeral.
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The couple had met when they were both working in the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in the same fire station.
Their love blossomed in 2009 and they got married in July the next year.
After Madam Siti left her SCDF job, Mr Azhar went on to become a Warrant Officer.
His eldest sister, Ms Nora Tamron, told The New Paper that they shared a close relationship.
The last time she heard from her youngest brother was on Feb 10 - he was the first person to wish her happy birthday shortly after midnight.
Mr Azhar ended his text message to her with the words: "Don't forget sis, I will always love you."
Struggling to hold back her tears, Ms Nora said: "It was out of the ordinary for him to be this vocal.
"It's been a long while since he said 'I love you' to me. I should have known something would happen.
"I wished that I had a bit more time to spend with him. He used to talk to me about his career and his future... We were so close that he would sometimes call me late at night to talk."
His colleagues from SCDF said that he was well-liked by his peers and was a helpful person.
Mr Wan Rosirwan, 33, a member of the Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit, worked with Mr Azhar from 2002 to 2011 when they were stationed at Yishun Fire Station.
He said: "He was very hard-working and always performed. He was a great leader and mentor to everyone."
Friends described Mr Azhar and Madam Siti as a very loving couple who were always seen doing outdoor activities together.
His former trainees at the CDA said he was known as the nice "encik" who liked to talk to trainees and guide them.
A spokesman for the SCDF said that during Mr Azhar's 11-year tenure, he attained the SCDF Good Service and Long Service medals, in addition to the SCDF Service Excellence Award.
He was also awarded the SCDF Overseas Service Medal in 2004 for assisting in search-and-relief operations in Thailand in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the spokesman said.
Mr Azhar was given a burial with full honours by the SCDF at the Lim Chu Kang Muslim cemetery at about 3pm on Wednesday.
At least 100 SCDF officers, friends and families were in attendance.
Witnesses earlier told TNP that the car was mangled by the time they reached the accident site.
Its right side was crushed and the windscreen completely smashed.
A resident, who wanted to be known only as Mr Yadav, said he had heard screeching followed by the sound of a car hitting a tree and continuous honking.
The 28-year-old software engineer from India, who lives at Block 132, said he was about to sleep at the time. He rushed down to see what had happened.
"The right side was compressed such that the driver's legs were trapped. The driver was bleeding on the right side of his face and arms," Mr Yadav said.
"His hand was on the car horn. Blood was trickling down his wife's face and she was still conscious."
He said he offered to help her but "she was speaking in a language I did not understand and was waving her hands telling me not to move her".
"I did not know what the procedure here was. So I stood there and waited for the police to arrive. I felt very helpless."
A construction supplies warehouse worker, Mr Ng Cheng Png, 53, who lives on the second storey of the same block, said the loud crash woke him up.
"I rushed down to see what I could do to help.
"It was clear they were in great pain. The driver was moaning. We wanted to help but their wounds were so severe we did not dare to move them, fearing it would worsen things.
"The scene was so tragic a woman next to me began tearing."
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