Auxiliary cop in vegetative state after drunk driver crashed into him was about to get married

Ng Yi Shu (left) was working at the checkpoint on March 24, 2023, when Yoong Kok Kai crashed into him while driving a car. -- PHOTOS: COURTESY OF MR ALEX NG, COURT DOCUMENTS

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The auxiliary police officer who was seriously hurt and left in a vegetative state after a drunk driver rammed into him at Tuas Checkpoint was about to get married and collect the keys to his new Housing Board flat.

In an interview with The Straits Times, Mr Ng Yi Shu’s brother Alex Ng said the 30-year-old officer from Certis was supposed to collect the keys to his Build-To-Order flat in end-2023.