Pop Singer Sita Chan Killed in Car Accident
Hong Kong pop star Sita Chan (陳僖儀) died in a car crash in Yau Ma Tei early Wednesday morning. She was 26 years old.
Sita made her singing debut in 2011. That same year, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards. A year later, she released her first EP, Crazy Love, and her first studio album, Let Me Find Love. Sita also appeared in last year’s Lan Kwai Fong 2 <喜愛夜蒲2>. Sita’s management company, Sun Entertainment Culture, said the staff was shocked and saddened by her unexpected death.
According to police investigations, around 2 AM on April 17, Sita was preparing to return home to her Harbourside residence after practicing her songs at her music teacher’s place. Possibly due to a combination of fatigue and the low visibility resulting from the thick fog late at night, Sita reportedly took a wrong turn and lost control of her car. She then hit the right-hand curb, bounced back, and struck the road’s central divider.
Sita was rushed to the emergency room at Kwong Wah Hospital. She was declared dead at 4:16 AM.
After learning of her death, Sita’s family burned offerings at the scene of the accident, which police had sealed off. The police also towed the singer’s damaged Lexus to the police force vehicle pound, in order to further investigate the car and clarify the cause of the accident.
In an interview, Dr. Fung Hin Tat (馮顯達), a Hong Kong emergency specialist, shared that car crashes can lead to death if the victims’ cervical vertebra becomes broken, as this will affect the nerves and the pulmonary system, and cause the brain to lose oxygen. Death can also occur when the victim’s ribs are fractured by the impact and thrust into the lungs or other internal organs, leading to internal bleeding or other heavy injuries.
Teachers and Friends Express Shock
Showing an early interest in music when she was only three years old, Sita started taking singing lessons with music teacher, Lam Tak Bo (林德寶). On the night of her death, Sita had gone to Lam’s place for three hours. Lam said, “Sita came to my place to record her song. She excitedly asked to take a photo with me. Afterward, we ate out with our colleagues. We chatted very happily together, but didn’t drink. At 12 midnight, we left separately.”
Sita’s other music teacher, Teresa Carpio (杜麗莎) cried in grief over Sita’s death. “Oh my God! She was very promising. When she was in school, she was my pupil. She took more than twenty lessons. When she was in school, I told her to not spend too much time in school, since her singing was quite good!”
Sita’s good friend and Lan Kwai Fong 2 costar, Sammy Shum (沈震軒), cursed in shock after hearing about her death. Currently filming TVB drama, Always and Ever <情逆三世緣> in Foshan, Sammy hopes to return to Hong to attend Sita’s funeral. Sammy said, “We had a lot to talk about. Before leaving Hong Kong, I sang karaoke with her. I really want to see her one last time. I discussed this with [the TVB] production crew, but it cannot affect the filming schedule. We were going to film Patrick Kong’s (葉念琛) movie together. She had composed a song, in which we were going to sing it together.” Sammy also revealed that Sita’s wish had been to perform at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
Director Patrick Kong had originally intended to romantically pair Sammy and Sita in his new movie. Since the movie is in its early pre-production stage, the script can still be altered. Patrick said, “This would have been our first time collaborating together. When we met, I was moved by her smile and cheerful personality. I said to her privately, ‘I intend to showcase your bright side to the audience on the big screen.'”
Shiga Lin (連詩雅) burst into tears after she learned of Sita’s death. HotCha’s Crystal and Winkie grieved over the loss of their friend. Winkie cried and said that she still owed Sita a belated birthday celebration.
Sita’s “Forget” MV
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Source: Ettoday.net, SCMP.com; Oriental Daily; Oriental Daily
This article is written by Joanna and Jayne for JayneStars.com.
R.I.P
did anyone see the clip with the ghost on that highway? do you think she was saw it and was trying to avoid it and crashed???
RIP
diu lan lei meh
what
he said. diu lan lei meh.
She so young
RIP
do you have any empathy at all?? maybe next time before you write a comment you should think about whether your words are appropriate to the situation
no-one ever ‘deserves’ to die
RIP Sita and condolences to her family and friends
Get your facts straight she wasn’t drunk and LKF was a movie. Don’t be so ignorant
Please have some respect and decency for the deceased for crying out loud. There is absolutely no need to bad mouth her. Let her RIP.
@Clementine
ROFL, you just told her to “go to hell” while admonishing him for being “heartless”.
People with poop for brains have no right to talk down others.
her**
Come on, let’s show some respect here instead of going at each other’s throats.
Life is that unpredictable and fragile. Truly sad but things like these happen. Rest in Peace, Sita.
Exactly and we can die at any moment and not even realize it. Rest in peace!!
>Director Patrick Kong had originally intended to romantically pair Sammy and Sita in his new movie. Since the movie is in its early pre-production stage, the script can still be altered. Patrick said, “This would have been our first time collaborating together. When we met, I was moved by her smile and cheerful personality. I said to her privately, ‘I intend to showcase your bright side to the audience on the big screen.’”
Man, you should hold this kind of talk off for a bit until her family has had time to grieve.
Very sad to hear about the death of such a young girl in a car accident. She was only 26 years old.
R.I.P to a very talented and promising young artist.
RIP…didnt know you, but by the sound of it you lived a modest life.
Rip. i fell in love with her voice.
I found Sita to be a promising singer as well. Hope her family stays strong over their sudden loss.
WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS? And here I thought she was going to become popular in the future. This is so shocking!!
I was out of words when I heard this news. Granted, I don’t know most of HK’s young singers, but I’ve gotten to know about this girl months ago I heard this song below in a movie that I watched. Hope her family stays strong with this unexpected loss.
《蜚蜚》
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kM8e-Fa090
So young, so sad. R.i.p.
This reminds me of Taiwanese singer and actress Beatrice Hsu Wei Lun’s death years ago. They were both talented and promising singers and actresses.She was only 27. This is just so sad….
wow…this is so hard to believe. this is so sudden and goes to show it can happen to anyone….i really never knew much about her or listened to her songs but i’ve been listening to them a lot more to her this year and i’m sad to see her gone. RIP.
My mom always tells my brothers and I to NEVER drive when you are tired… Either sleep in the car or spend the night your friend’s house or somewhere. However, never drive when you are not alert because it can lead to accidents like this… This is so sad…
Totally agree. That is what I always say to my family. One accident can kill your life easily.
Take a taxi. Of course, no one feels tired at the onset until something happens later. We are all guilty of it.
R.I.P
R.I.P Sita…..
RIP
such a pity ,she so young and hot wish she can be my girl
very sad new, RIP Sita. your surely be missed.
RIP… such a promising star
So young n so sudden! R.I.P. Sita Chan!
Truly sad news, a great loss to such a potential/aspiring musician!
May she Rest In Peace!
Sad to see her going away. She did ok, Winning JSG awards with this clap on the newcomer award in this January: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taHpkYCivrg
A Rising star, bright future a head. Im sure she has a lot of projects that could have work on.
Condolences to her family, friends, and her co-workers.
May she R.I.P.
OMG..she’s so good, gorgeous and young. RIP
R.I.P
RIP
God bless Sita~
It’s sad, can’t imagine her how’s her family doing now.
Rest In Peace!
I didn’t know her before. But she is definitely a very beautiful and young girl.
RIP.
I don’t know who she is but I am shocked as well at such young age and such sudden death. What the hell is wrong these week huh? First that Boston massacre and now this. I mean 2 different things but still as shocking.
And, Now we have Teaxs blows up. There is something wrong with my country.
Shocking! The magnitude of them all!
With so many disasters happening one after another, I really wonder if our world is coming to an end soon???
dont drink too much fanta hts!,haha.
Sorry, I don’t drink anything but water, milk and fruit juice…
soya?
Condolence to Sita’s family. Rip Sita.
Life is so fragile and unpredictable. Why are there still people hurting people when everyone’s life is so precious?
So sudden. Condolences to her family.
Treasure every moment you have with your loved ones as you never know when the god will ask you to go.
so agreed with Theresa
RIP.Sita Condolence to her Family. 🙁
rip, sita. i think its a curse going on,every ten year that ends on number 3 will die a hong kong singer/actor,wong ka kui,danny chan,leslie cheung,anita mui,and now sita,its weird.
did shiga lin name herself after a Japanese poison connected to ricin?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_toxin
So sad life is so unpredicable yet so young car crash just take life away and that’s a taboo in life the aged of 26 to 29 years has a bad omen some times got to belive too.
I have saw her on her graduation at City University
Cant forget her beautiful smile…..R.I.P sita
why can’t leader north korean die??
I feel like HK companies overwork their artist way too much. Why didn’t they find her a driver???
So much promise and talent gone, just like that. Makes us remember that we can’t take each day for granted.
My deepest condolences to her family, friends and fans that they will be blessed with enough strength and peace to get through this difficult time 🙁
xxx
RIP Sita. I actually thought she could be the next Joey Yeung but i really cant believe that she is gone. Life is full of unexpected moments. We should make the best that we could now
Sad news…. is there any details on what happened? I can’t imagine speed being a factor if it was foggy… was she wearing a seatbelt?
Condolences to the family.
http://beyondthirtynine.com/singer-sita-chan-is-dead-lets-abolish-all-private-cars/
I wrote this in her honour, may she rest in peace.
>In her honour
>Two sentences about her life/death
>The rest pushing for a ban on private transport
Are you kidding me?
Stupid blog, it is the driver’s fault for not being alert.
RIP… Sad…
r.i.p
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