An accident took place near the Tan Kah Kee MRT station along Dunearn Road yesterday (23 April), with a 64-year-old male pedestrian being killed, according to The Straits Times.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that they received a call for help on Sunday at about 2pm in the afternoon along Dunearn Road near the junction of Watten Estate Road.
The Singapore Police Force said that the 64-year-old pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic from the SCDF and the 44-year-old driver of the car was conveyed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, before being arrested for dangerous driving causing death.
Two children who were inside the driver’s car, a 4-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, were also conveyed to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
According to Facebook page Singapore roads accident.com, the deceased was crossing the road at the time when he got hit by the car and died.
Severed arm
Following the accident, a snaking traffic jam led up to the accident site with one of the lanes being cordoned off with traffic cones, with police officers at the scene.
A blue police tent was also seen on the grass patch, with a silver coloured BMW 3 Series ahead of it that had its rear windscreen shattered with debris from the vehicle strewn onto the side of the road.
Another driver who was passing by the accident site at about 2.15pm, told ST that he saw a body lying near the driver’s side of the car in the first lane, as well as a severed arm on the third lane.
Another witness, 38-year-old SYed Musa, said that he was in his friend’s car and they were stuck in the jam for about 30 minutes, and when they drove past the accident site they saw a man they believed to be the driver of the car, appearing to be in a state of shock as he stood near a tree and being attended to by paramedics.
Police investigations into the accident are underway