Man who fled from scene after alleged assault arrested after police car chase
He was caught after his car crashed in Little India while he was attempting to evade police.
On November 6, at approximately 8:35 PM, authorities in Singapore were alerted to an assault incident occurring in River Valley Road. The victim, a 34-year-old man, sustained injuries after being assaulted with a sharp object. The alleged perpetrator, a 33-year-old man, fled the scene in his vehicle. The following day, at 12:05 AM, police officers on Tessensohn Road observed the suspect's vehicle and signaled for it to stop.
The man refused to comply, resulting in a high-speed chase. During the chase, the suspect's vehicle collided with another car and overturned at the intersection of Race Course Road and Birch Road. The driver of the other car, along with his two female passengers aged 26 and 42, were hospitalized in a conscious state. In a video captured of the accident, an SUV was seen running a red light and colliding with another vehicle, causing it to flip over.
Subsequently, police sirens could be heard, followed by honks before a white car crashed into the overturned SUV, flipping it onto its side. Police officers swiftly arrived at the scene on foot, arresting the 33-year-old man who was conscious at the time. He was subsequently taken to the hospital while conscious. The 33-year-old faces charges of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means and failure to provide a breath specimen.
The former offense, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison, a fine, caning, or any combination thereof, while the latter could result in a fine between $1,000 and $5,000 or a jail term of up to six months. Additionally, the man will be investigated for dangerous driving causing hurt.
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