Father heroically saved son after electric shock from Toa Payoh lamp post

The incident occurred when both attempted to retrieve a football from a fitness corner. PHOTOS: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS, SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS READER
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SINGAPORE - Resting at home on Sunday night (June 13) after getting his second Covid-19 vaccination, Mr Muhammad Nazlan, 34, heard a sound no parent wishes to hear - his 10-year-old daughter screaming for help from outside his Lorong 5 Toa Payoh flat.

From his ground-floor unit in Block 63, he also spotted something no parent wishes to see - his son, collapsed against a lamp post at the nearby fitness corner.

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