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Hokkaido fatal accident: ‘The only thing I could hear was my wife screaming’

Lin Xiuyue and her newborn daughter Aahana Karthik were killed in an accident in Hokkaido, Japan, on Jan 10.- JASON QUAH, HOKKAIDO BROADCASTING

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): He was driving a rental car in Hokkaido, Japan, with his wife and two daughters in the back seat when a lorry collided with their vehicle.

The last thing Karthik Balasubramanian heard before he passed out was his wife, Lin Xiuyue, screaming.

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