Trailer driver arrested after fatal accident with cyclist in Defu industrial area
SINGAPORE: A 43-year-old trailer driver was arrested after allegedly leaving the scene of a fatal accident involving a cyclist in the Defu industrial area on Thursday (Oct 1).
The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that they were alerted to a traffic accident at the junction of Defu Avenue 1 and Defu Lane 7 around 10.10am.
Police said that the accident involved a bicycle and a trailer.
The victim, a 62-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic, said the police.
The male trailer driver had left the scene before the police arrived and was subsequently arrested for careless driving causing death, the police said.
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