{"id":19035,"date":"2025-12-12T15:25:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=19035"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:25:41","slug":"man-arrested-for-suspected-drink-driving-after-car-crashes-into-street-sign-in-teck-whye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=19035","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for suspected drink driving after car crashes into street sign in Teck Whye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->A 40-year-old man was arrested on <!-- -->Dec 12<!-- --> for suspected drink driving after a car crashed into a street sign in Teck Whye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident at the junction of <!-- -->Teck Whye Avenue and Choa Chu Kang Road<!-- --> at <!-- -->12.55am<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The car is believed to have skidded at the junction, the police added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The driver was taken conscious to <!-- -->Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Photos of the accident posted on Reddit show a white car with a damaged hood and its airbags deployed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Pieces of debris, including a partial car plate, are strewn across the grass patch, as well as what appears to be an uprooted lamp post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Police investigations are ongoing. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Accidents - traffic\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Accidents &#8211; 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