A tragedy occurred along the Kallang River on Saturday (19 Nov), as a 73-year-old man was found dead.
Rescue personnel had been called in to save him, but did not find him.
Source: Google Maps
His body was eventually retrieved after an underwater search.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted at 1.05pm on Saturday (19 Nov), they said in response to MS News‘ queries.
The call was for them to provide “water rescue assistance”, they said.
Officers were deployed to the location of the incident at the Kallang River, near Block 38A Bendemeer Road.
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However, when the SCDF arrived, there was no sign of the person.
Source: Shin Min Daily News on Facebook
Thus, divers from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) were deployed to the scene.
They were called in to perform an underwater search.
Source: Shin Min Daily News on Facebook
They finally found a body and retrieved it.
The person was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) was alerted to the incident at 11.45am, they told Shin Min Daily News.
They also identified the deceased as a 73-year-old man.
Homicide has been ruled out after preliminary investigations. Further investigations into the case are ongoing.
While not much has been revealed about the case, it’s not advisable to speculate on how he ended up in the river.
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Featured image adapted from Shin Min Daily News on Facebook.
The man was stranded on the balcony for 30 minutes.
The man was said to have shown no signs of stress.
The PAB rider was also seen running multiple red lights at various junctions.
A 96-year-old woman and her two helpers in the house escaped unharmed.
The blaze was extinguished using two compressed air foam backpacks, SCDF said.
No post-mortem could be done due to the condition of the carcass.