As his daughter lay fighting for her life in hospital, he watched with regret from outside the glass panel of her hospital room.

Mr Chen Jing Cai's daughter, Miss Chen Jin Yu, 22, is in critical condition at the intensive care unit of the National University Hospital (NUH).

She suffered fractures on her right arm and internal injuries after an accident on the PIE near Clementi early yesterday morning.

What the young woman ma not know is that her friend, Miss Tan Lai Chan, 20, a student, is dead.

Miss Chen was riding a motorbike with Miss Tan on the pillion when the accident happened.

Mr Chen said he and his wife had warned Miss Chen about the dangers of riding a motorbike even before she started riding one.