FIVE WORKERS OF LEONG HIN PILING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND AN AMERICAN TOURIST COUPLE HAD A NARROW ESCAPE WHEN THIS HUGE PILING MACHINE CRASHED DOWN NEAR THEM AT TANGLIN ROAD. THE WORKERS HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE PILING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE TANGLIN SHOPPING CENTRE. NO VEHICLES WERE AT THE SPOT WHEN THE 24-METRE LONG MACHINE CRASHED AT ABOUT 2.45 PM MAKING A HOLE IN THE PAVEMENT. THE TOURIST COUPLE - MR BOB KELLY AND HIS WIFE, HAD PASSED THE CRASH SITE ONLY MINUTES EARLIER. PICTURE SHOWS MR KELLY LOOKING ON AS TWO WORKERS TRY TO DISMANTLE THE FALLEN MACHINE.
06/08/1978
PCD0500 - 0088
SPH/2005/035408/1/1A
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