Tan Yong Ren, 34, was handed seven charges, including one for dangerous driving causing death.
SINGAPORE - A man was charged on Nov 6 over allegedly killing a cyclist while driving against the flow of traffic on Nicoll Highway in 2023.
The seventh charge was for obstructing the course of justice by avoiding the police after the accident, causing a delay in investigations. In the present set of alleged offences, Tan was said to have driven against the flow of traffic along Nicoll Highway towards the direction of Guillemard Road at about 5am on Dec 19, 2023, before he collided into and caused the death of the cyclist – a 45-year-old British national.
The police added that Traffic Police officers had arrested Tan within 16 hours of the accident after ground inquiries, and with the aid of a witness and video footage from the police and Land Transport Authority.
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