Incidents of falling trees onto parked vehicles due to strong winds are commonly heard of, but falling watermelons? Now that’s another story, and of course, it’s just utterly ridiculous!
A 61-year-old private-hire driver was passing near Block 966 Jurong West Drive 93 on Friday morning (Feb 25) when a heavy object landed on his vehicle.
Imagine the driver’s shock when he alights the vehicle and realizes that the object is a watermelon.
Watermelon flesh splattered everywhere, said the driver to Chinese-language newspaper Shin Min Daily News.
The driver, named Mr Weng, was unable to work for the next few days following the incident. He also shouldered the S$1,000 cost of repairing the vehicle.
Although it remains unclear how the watermelon landed on Mr Weng’s windscreen, he suspected that someone threw it from a nearby building.
He immediately filed a police report, and six to seven officers later arrived at the scene to investigate.
Due to the extent of the damage caused, the police suspect the fruit was thrown from a height.
Police investigations into the case of “reckless act” are ongoing.
Members from the online community highlighted that high rise killer littering is a serious offence.
They hoped that the nearby closed-circuit television cameras captured whoever threw the watermelon and would be taken to task.
According to Singapore Legal Advice, killer litter refers to articles or things thrown from high-rise buildings that can cause death. Such articles may range from bottles to bicycle tyres to even mah-jong tables.
Killer litter is an offence under the Penal Code. For committing a rash act that endangered human life, an individual can be imprisoned for up to six months, fined up to S$2,500, or both.
The penalty doubles if the rash act caused harm and increased to up to four years imprisonment, a fine of up to S$10,000, or both for causing grievous injury to any person. /TISG
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