He works so hard he dozes off at wheel Hong Konger who dies on highway took two jobs because he was going to be a husband and a dad January 06, 2009 Print Ready Email Article
ON 26 Dec, Mr Ng Ho Wing turned 31 and decided it was time to settle down.
He told his fiancee, Miss Coco Jia, who is two months' pregnant, of his dream - a decently-furnished house to call their own.
Needing extra income, the Hong Konger started working 20 hours a day.
Other than his day job at a transport company, he also made extra rounds delivering newspapers or vegetables in the wee hours of the morning.
But his dreams ended when he died in an accident at 7.50am on Saturday while on his way to work.
He is believed to have fallen asleep while driving, due to his long hours.
His minivan hit the concrete wall of a highway in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. Apparently, he had not been wearing his seat belt.
Mr Ng was thrown out through his door and sandwiched between the minivan and a fence. His body was torn into two, reported South China Morning Post.
The minivan travelled another 400m before crashing to a halt.
Mr Ng's severed body was such a gruesome sight that police decided that covering it up was not enough - they sealed the road so that other motorists would not be able to see the accident, reported The Sun.
There was a trail of blood from where the accident happened to where his body parts were found. One of his sports shoes was spotted somewhere in between while the other shoe was still in his minivan.
Gory sight
Mr Ng's mother, fiancee and relatives did not get to see him for the last time, although they arrived at the morgue.
The police had suggested that they did not go in because the sight was too gory, reported Apple Daily.
On realising that she could not see her fiance one last time, Miss Jia sobbed inconsolably.
Pressing the bag to her body, she kept repeating: 'Why did you leave me behind?'
Later in the day, they went to the accident scene to conduct a Taoist ritual.
Miss Jia was so distraught that she did not even realise that one of the lighted candles was burning her hand and she had to be pulled away from the flame.
Mr Ng's eldest brother had told him to take care and not overwork, but Mr Ng did not listen, reported Apple Daily.
The police believe that Mr Ng, who had eight years of driving experience, had dozed off at the wheel.
No tyre marks indicating a sudden attempt to stop were found and the crash site was not an accident area.
The highway speed limit is 70kmh.
Acting Superintendent Wong Kin Wing, of the New Territories South traffic unit, told South China Morning Post: 'The seat belt is not damaged, so we suspect the driver didn't have it fastened.'
Mr Ringo Lee Yiu Pui, the president of the Institute of the Motor Industry of Hong Kong, said it was unusual for a body to be thrown from a vehicle and torn into two.
'The van must have been travelling very fast,' he said. ---------------------------------------0000000000000000000------------------------- grim reminder hor
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