{
  "id": 6896625,
  "title": "Police looking for driver who self-skidded into drain at Marsiling & fled the scene",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/police-looking-for-driver-who-self-skidded-into-drain-at-marsiling",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T09:20:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/09/police-looking-driver-self-skidded-drain-marsiling-spring/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A car driver fled the scene after allegedly self-skidding along Marsiling Road towards Marsiling Drive early on September 11. Police confirmed they were alerted to the accident around 3:15am that day. Efforts to locate the driver are ongoing, according to police. Witnesses reported that the driver seemed intoxicated at the time of the incident. A reader who arrived at the scene noticed the driver asking witnesses not to inform the police. The driver reportedly stated he would go missing and would claim to be sick and giddy that night. After someone alerted authorities, the driver allegedly vanished. A TikTok user captured footage of the aftermath, showing a pick-up crane truck arriving to remove the vehicle.",
  "summary": "Investigations ongoing.",
  "key_points": [
    "Driver fled scene after self-skidding into drain on September 11",
    "Police alerted around 3:15am to the accident",
    "Witnesses reported driver as intoxicated, asked not to inform police"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}