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Fatal accident during Charity Ride Last updated 16 Aug 2003 Back to D'Singapore Scene There was a serious accident during the Thailand-Singapore return leg of the Charity Ride. It involved a motorcycle and a lorry. Kason Loh and Betty Koh were killed. To all those who participated in the funeral convoy, thank you for helping to honour Kason's passing. Kason was a skillful rider who led many a ride from here to as far as Thailand as a road/ride marshall. His kind and humble demeanour made him popular with all who met him. He will be missed by many.
Straits Times Interactive Thursday 2nd December 1999 PILLION RIDER KILLED IN MALAYSIA Fiance hurt in collision with lorry on North-South Highway by Tan Kah Tian A woman was killed instantly and her fiance seriously hurt when their motorbike collided with a lorry on Malaysia's North-South Highway near Kerian, about 100 km from Ipoh. Miss Betty Koh, 46, was riding pillion with her fiance, Mr Loh Keng Soon. She had gone up by coach to Hatyai, Thailand, to meet him. That was the end point of a fund-raising charity ride to celebrate the new millenium that he had taken part in. Mr Loh, who is in his 40s and known to friends as Kason, has serious multiple injuries and is now in intensive care in Ipoh hospital. Ater the collision, he lost control of his Honda motorbike, skidded and crashed into a guard railing, a spokesman for the Malaysian police said yesterday. The accident happened at about 2 pm on Tuesday. Mr Loh was taken to Taiping Hospital and transferred to the intensive care unit at Ipoh hospital the next day. A staff nurse at the hospital said that he was "very ill and unconscious". Mr David Soh, one of the organisers of the charity ride who was still in Thailand, told The Straits Times in a telephone interview yesterday that Mr Loh was with a group of about 270 bikers who had left Singapore last Friday night for Thailand. The trip, for both enjoyment and charity, was organised by an informal charity group which calls itself the Singapore Charity Bikers. Mr Soh, director of a real estate company, said that Mr Loh was an experienced rider and was acting as marshall on the trip, guiding the bikers through Malaysia to Thailand. The group donated money, mostly from corporate sponsers in Singapore, to improve facilities at two schools there (in Thailand). On the return leg, the bikers had split up into smaller groups, and the couple was believed to have left Thailand on Tuesday morning with several other experienced bikers, said Mr Soh. He added: "They were both very helpful and kind during the charity event in Thailand, and we had fun together as well. I was very shocked when told of the accident and thought it was a joke because Kason was a very skillful rider. Mr Loh's family members have gone to Ipoh. His fiancee's body is still in Malaysia.
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 The Straits Times Interactive DEC 8 1999 Convoy honours for motorcyclist killed in crash By TAN KAH TIAN ABOUT 80 motorcyclists turned up in convoy yesterday to honour fellow biker Loh Keng Soon, 40, who died last Friday after an accident in Malaysia. Half the motorcycles led the hearse from the wake at Block 115 Commonwealth Crescent to the Mount Vernon crematorium, with the other half following closely behind. Mr Loh had taken part in a charity ride to Thailand with his friends and had been on his way back to Singapore on Nov 30 when the accident happened. His fiancee, Ms Betty Koh, was riding pillion when his Honda motorcycle grazed a lorry and crashed into a guard-railing near Kerian, about 100 km from Ipoh. Miss Koh died instantly and Mr Loh died three days later in Ipoh Hospital. Yesterday, at his wake, which was attended by more than 100 fellow bikers, his maroon Honda CB 750 was placed next to his coffin. The Honda motorcycle that was involved in the accident is still in Malaysia. Mr Loh's son, Calvin, a 19-year-old national serviceman, told The Straits Times that his father talked only about bikes. He said: "I feel that it's only fitting that he is given such a gesture from his fellow bikers because he loved his two bikes very much." Mr Loh's neighbour, Mr Jimmy Ng, 28, said he saw the bike enthusiast cleaning his two motorcycles at the carpark every day. He said: "That was where we met five years ago. I am sad that he is gone now." Driving instructor Jimmy Lim, 44, who took time off from work to join in the send-off for his friend, said that Mr Loh was a helpful biker who took care of the less-experienced ones when they were on biking trips. "I just want to pay my last respects to a good friend, and the best way is to be part of the convoy."
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