CTE crash: Victim's dad ready to forgive driver, if he wasn't drunk

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The father of the trainee pilot killed in last week's CTE accident is ready to forgive the driver who caused the crash. But not if drink driving was involved.

"Dear Sir, if this incident was due to your carelessness, or even your recklessness, my whole family will accept this as fate. And we forgive you for what happened," said Mr Ayoub Ahmat, 51, who buried his only son, 23-year-old Amron, and the eldest of his four children on Friday.

"But if you took the steering wheel while you were intoxicated, it's a bit difficult for us to forgive you, even if you seek to apologise," he told The Straits Times yesterday in an interview at the family's Hougang home.

In case of accident or breakdown...

What to do when your vehicle breaks down or gets into an accident along the expressway:

• Switch on your hazard lights.
• If your vehicle can still be moved, get it onto the road shoulder quickly.
• Place the breakdown sign (a red equilateral triangle) 60m behind the vehicle.
• Open the boot and hood to alert other drivers.
• Stay downstream of the vehicle, and behind the guardrail at the side of the road, if possible.
• Do not allow passengers to remain in or around the vehicle.
• Call the Operations Control Centre (OCC) at 1800-CALL LTA (1800-2255-582).

SOURCE: WWW.ONEMOTORING.SG