Son rode past trailer mishap that killed dad

Untimely end: Yi Sheng and his mother Poo Cheu offering prayers at the funeral wake of Teng Cheong.

NIBONG TEBA: Computer technician Tan Yi Sheng, 20, rode past an accident scene on his way to work, not knowing that a motorcyclist pinned under a trailer was his father.

He had slowed down his motorcycle as there was a huge crowd and did not realise that his father, Tan Teng Cheong, 49, had been run over by the 12m long unmanned trailer.