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SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) – One of the Singaporeans involved in the terrible accident in Melbourne this weekend is in intensive care.
Miss Gwyneth Lok, 20, project manager at Chupa Events Company, has been seriously injured in the head and has been in a coma since the crash last Saturday night (24 November).
Doctors at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria state, have asked the family to prepare for the worst, said a reader aware of the incident at The New Paper on Tuesday. November.
TNP understands that Miss Lok has undergone surgery to drain a build up of fluid in her brain and that the damage to her head is critical.
Several family members, including his parents and his 13-year-old brother, flew to Melbourne.
Miss Lok, who just graduated in early childhood education at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, was one of five Singaporeans involved in the accident.
The four women and one man were in a blue Renault around 20:15 (17:15 Singapore time) last Saturday when the accident occurred in Windermere, more than 100 km from Melbourne.
The driver, Nasuha Nasser, a 21-year-old psychology, media and communications student at the University of Melbourne, was charged Sunday by the Victoria Police's Major Crash Investigation Unit. dangerous driving causing serious injury and serious injury.
She was driving on Madden Road but apparently did not stop at the intersection of Remembrance Drive, a white Triton hitting the left side of the car. The Renault stopped after crashing against a nearby tree.
The 48-year-old Triton driver was not injured, but his 10-year-old daughter, who was also in the car, was slightly injured.
Nasuha and two passengers who were his classmates were taken to the base Ballarat hospital with minor injuries.
Her twin sister, Ms. Naimi Nasser, a business management student at Singapore Management University, was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital for head and chest injuries. She is in a stable and conscious state.
Miss Lok, who was originally 26, was transported unconscious to Alfred Hospital.
The reader who contacted TNP said that Miss Lok had flown to Australia last week and had planned to spend about 10 days on vacation there.
The reader, who did not want to be identified, described her as a bubbly and positive person, traveling well and independently. She added that Miss Lok had saved for these vacations and also saved to continue her studies.
Alfred Hospital staff confirmed that Miss Lok was in the intensive care unit.
Attempts to contact Ms. Lok's employer, Chupa, for comment, were unsuccessful.
On Monday, Nasuha was released on bail in the Ballarat Court of First Instance. If found guilty, she can be jailed for up to five years for dangerous driving causing serious injury and up to 10 years for gross negligence. She should return to court in February.
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