By Jalelah Abu Baker
A 51-YEAR-OLD driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run accident
which killed a teenage motorcyclist on Thursday was arrested within
the day.
When the police called the man, who is not the owner of the car,
he said that he was wandering around and had not returned home.
He was then advised by the police officer to surrender himself.
He turned up at the Traffic Police headquarters at about noon on
Thursday.
The man, who was driving a grey Mercedes Benz E200, had fled the
scene of the accident after hitting the motorcycle ridden by Mr
Jackson Ng, 19, with a woman pillion rider, at the junction of
Hougang Avenue 2 and Upper Serangoon Road at about 1.34am.
Mr Ng was found lying unconscious on the ground by officers from
the Singapore Civil Defence Force when they arrived at the
scene.
He was rushed to the Changi General Hospital where he died at
about 5pm on Thursday after sustaining multiple fractures. His
pillion rider, 23, was also warded for leg injuries.
The man was arrested for causing death by a rash act, and also
for failing to provide assistance.
If convicted of these two charges, he may be fined up to $8,000
or jailed up to 3 years.
