A tragic incident unfolded at 120 Ho Ching Road on Thursday (10 Dec), as an elderly couple and their adult son were all electrocuted at Ho Ching Road, losing their lives in a suspected electrocution accident that transpired within the confines of their HDB flat.
According to a family friend who spoke to the Chinese daily, an 80-year-old, resident of 120 Ho Ching Road, Mr Omar Manan reportedly fell in the shower. His 66-year-old wife, Madam Asmah Bujang, promptly rushed in to aid him, when the couple was reportedly electrocuted at their Ho Ching Road residence.
Their 45-year-old son, Mr Muhamad Ashikin Omar, had visited his parents’ flat along with his 15-year-old daughter that day. When no one came to the door after some time, Mr Muhamad broke the door down and entered the flat.
He saw his parents on the ground and was reportedly electrocuted as well when he tried to revive them.
The police were alerted to the case around 4.15 pm and found the trio unconscious when they arrived at the flat. A paramedic pronounced the couple dead at the scene while their son was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, where he later died.
A neighbour, 77-year-old retiree Madam Ting who has lived at her unit for about 50 years, told The Straits Times that the elderly couple lived alone and Mr Muhamad and his wife visited them almost daily. She added:
“I used to talk to them from the corridor every day. They are a very close and pleasant family, I can’t believe the three of them are gone.”
Mr Muhamad’s wife sought prayer for her family, in a social media post. Sharing that her husband was a good father and son, she revealed: “Today (Dec 11) is our daughter’s 15th birthday, and (tomorrow) is my sister-in-law’s (but) she has lost both her parents and her only brother.”
The police have classified the incident at 120 Ho Ching Road as a case of unnatural death and have ruled out any suspicion of foul play. Investigations into the devastating Ho Ching Road electrocution are ongoing. /TISG