Lift plunges three storeys

TNP PHOTO: Alvin Lim

FIVE minutes was all that separated Mr Mong Kok Son, 47, and Mr Yap Seng Choi, 39, from possible serious injury or even death.

Mr Mong, director of Son Heng Interiors, and his employee, Mr Yap, had parked their cars at the basement carpark of KB-1 at Kaki Bukit Avenue 3 slightly before 6pm on Thursday.

They heard a "deafening" crash five minutes later, and received a call informing them that there had been an accident, and that their vehicles had been damaged.

A cargo lift is believed to have plunged three storeys to the ground, smashing their cars, which were parked directly below the lift shaft.