Girl steals lorry for joyride in Orchard, crashes into vehicles, recognises immediately the wrong she's done

The trail of destruction she left behind, though.

Jeanette Tan | February 22, 2017, 03:23 PM

Sometimes, we do things we regret.

We sometimes realise what we did wrong sometime after the fact, either after somebody has given us feedback or after a period of personal reflection.

But once in awhile, we do something so majorly, unequivocally stupid that, well, there's no other way of seeing it.

Enter this unnamed 28-year-old lady who, for some reason, decided it was a good idea to walk around near Orchard Towers looking for an available vehicle to drive between 4 and 5am on Feb 21.

Never mind that it wasn't a car, but a delivery lorry whose driver happened to have stepped out to drop off cartons of drinks.

She tried the door — the second one already — and it opened, so she hopped in and drove off down Orchard Road, crashing into cars, taxis and even a private bus driven by one Edwin Teo, who posted pictures and video of the aftermath:

Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post

Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post

Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post

Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post

Thankfully, according to Teo's account, the aggrieved lorry driver was able to catch up with her and his stolen truck. Here's a video of him and a few others giving her a good tongue-lashing:

As you can see, she immediately realised what she had done. And then went to the roadside to sit down and reflect on her actions:

Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post "Holy crap, did I just do that?" Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post

And, of course, the police were called in:

Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post Photo from Edwin Dave's Facebook post

And she was then arrested. A report in The Straits Times said she was allegedly drunk driving. Thankfully, no one was injured from this debacle.

The morals of this story:

1) don't leave your vehicle unlocked, no matter how short a time you spend away from it, and

2) try your best not to do things you know you'll immediately regret.

See all the photos from the incident in Teo's Facebook post here:

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Top photo: screenshots from Edwin Dave's Facebook page

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