Mysterious watermelon falling from “Jurong sky” causes shock to car driver as it cracks his windshield

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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