MR MUHAMMAD Alif Mohamed Shah, 19, can read and respond to SMSes, though it may take him some time to craft a reply.
Once an active sportsman who used to swim, play soccer and box, he now only takes walks, escorted by his mother.
It has been eight months since he pulled through the crash which snuffed out three other lives, including that of his elder brother's. He suffered severe brain trauma.
Read Teh Joo Lin's full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
