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Worker flung from lorry in crash dies

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36-year-old Bangladeshi was thrown into drain when car hit the vehicle Straits Times, Published on Jun 9, 2012 By Cherie Thio  The lorry lying in a drain after the crash. It was carrying construction workers back to their hostel when the crash happened along the ECP. The driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of drink driving. -- PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS   A BANGLADESHI construction worker has died after being flung from a moving lorry when a car crashed into the back of it. The 36-year-old is believed to have hit his head after falling into a drain when he was thrown from the vehicle on the East Coast Parkway (ECP). He died on Wednesday at the Changi General hospital, said a police spokesman. The driver of the Audi car involved in the crash was arr

Bangladeshi dies from Audi hit-and-run

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From AsiaOne Friday, 8 June 2012 SINGAPORE - A 36-year-old construction worker was killed in a hit-and-run accident involving an Audi and a lorry. Md Hazrat Ali passed away on Wednesday night. The Audi crashed into the lorry in the wee hours of May 23 along the East Coast Parkway (ECP) towards Changi, near Marine Terrace estate, killing one and injuring three others. Allegedly drunk, the Audi driver got out of his car and fled from scene before eventually turned himself in at a police station, reported Shin Min Daily News. <a target="_blank" href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh%3Dv8/3c8f/3/0/%2a/y%3B257324435%3B0-0%3B1%3B39581935%3B4307-300/250%3B48245159/48258842/1%3B%3B%7Esscs%3D%3fhttp://creative.asiaone.com/2012/IA/a1race4/index.html"><img src="" border="0" alt="" ></a>  The lorry carrying four construction workers was heading towards their