Learner Female Biker Falls 30ft in Training Accident

OFF THE WIRE
Alina Dumitrache
As hard as it may be to believe this, there are motorcycle driving schools located on a building roof-tops. We didn’t know such a thing exists, until a shocking news came to our attention, informing that a woman attending a motorcycle lesson lost control of the bike and plunged 30 feet (9m) from the top of a five-storey driving circuit to its third floor.

Nur Amalina, 20, was at her fourth lesson at the Singapore Safety Driving Centre (SSDC) in Woodlands, when she accelerated instead of braking, slammed into the wall. The impact was so strong that it threw her off the bike, over the wall and onto the third-floor ledge.

According to an SSDC spokesman, the steel mesh between the fence and wall was not enough to prevent the fall. He added that the victim had been unable to slow down while negotiating a corner on the driving circuit.

Nur Amalina was taken into the intensive care unit of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun, and underwent spinal surgery, The Straits Times reported.

“Her condition has stabilised but she has a fractured spine. We don't know when she will recover, although her doctor said that she has a good chance,” her father was quoted by the aforementioned source.

Also, SSDC students interviewed said they were not surprised by the accident, as the parapet is too low, lower than the motorbike itself.

“'I believe this could have been prevented. The school is called the Singapore Safety Driving Centre, where is the word 'safety'?" the victim’s father added.

SSDC has reportedly secured and strengthened the steel mesh since the incident in question in order to prevent a similar one to happen again. It added that it would help the victim's family financially.