Cyclist, 16, arrested after accident with 74-year-old pedestrian who later died
The male teenager was arrested for the offence of rash act causing death.
On September 15, a 16-year-old cyclist was arrested in Singapore for causing the death of a 74-year-old pedestrian in an accident. According to the police, they received a call for assistance at 11:45am at Block 741 Yishun Avenue 5, where the man was found unresponsive by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). The hospital later confirmed the pedestrian's death.
The cyclist was charged with rash act causing death and the investigation is ongoing. The 74-year-old's son, Tan Bo Xue, made an appeal for eyewitnesses on Facebook on September 16, identifying his father as Tan Liang Kwong. Tan later confirmed his father's death on September 17 and stated that the accident occurred near a Jollibee outlet in a Caltex petrol station near the junction of Yishun Avenue 5 and Yishun Street 11. He also thanked a passerby who called for an ambulance for his father.
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