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ONE moment he was standing at the centre divider of a pedestrian crossing on Marine Parade Road.
The next moment Wrixon Chew Teck Cheng, 16, was seen running diagonally towards a bus stop and was hit by a car and flung 10m away.
The Victoria School student died six days later of a skull fracture - on Oct 17 last year.
On Thursday, the driver of the car, Ms Chin Li Fen, 47, an Assistant Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, was named a potential defendant at a coroner's inquiry into the teen's death.
Traffic Police said Ms Chin was driving past the pedestrian crossing with lights in her favour at the time of the accident.
According to the testimony of Wrixon's school mate, Arthur Lim Wei Quan, 16, they were crossing the road to return to school to collect a pen.
He said a flashing green man was showing when they walked to the centre divider of the pedestrian crossing.
When he reached the divider, Wrixon suddenly decided to run back to the bus stop where they had left their school bags with another student. As he dashed across the road, Wrixon was hit by the car, which stopped on the left side of the road.
The inquiry was adjourned to May 12 for another witness to give evidence.
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