Teenager killed in Tampines accident was friendly and seen as a high-flier

JC student was head prefect in Pri 6 and one of Cedar Girls’ outstanding graduates

- Zaihan Mohamed Yusof

She was regarded by her peers and juniors as a "high-flier". In Primary 6, Afifah Munirah Muhammad Azril was the head prefect at Meridian Primary School in Pasir Ris.

In 2020, Afifah, then studying at Cedar Girls' Secondary School, returned to her alma mater to nurture and speak to pupils, a 12-yearold boy living in the same block as her in Pasir Ris told The Straits Times.

But the bright girl with so much potential met a tragic end on the morning of April 22. The Year 1 student of Temasek Junior College was one of two killed in a six-vehicle accident at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and Avenue 4.

At about 7am, Afifah, 17, was in her father's car on the way to her college's running event at Temasek Polytechnic when it was involved in the collision that landed eight other people in hospital.