SINGAPORE – A 73-year-old woman died after an accident involving her personal mobility device (PMD) and a lorry in Toa Payoh on the morning of July 7.
The 34-year-old lorry driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and suspected drug-related offences after drug paraphernalia was found in his lorry, the police said in a statement on July 7.
Items believed to be duty-unpaid cigarettes were also found on the man.
The accident, which the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted to at about 10.15am, occurred on Lorong 6 Toa Payoh towards Lorong 1 Toa Payoh.
The female PMD rider was taken unconscious to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where she died, the authorities said.
The suspected drug-related offences have been referred to the Central Narcotics Bureau, and the Customs-related offences will be referred to Singapore Customs, the police said.
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