{"id":30085,"date":"2026-02-20T22:19:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30085"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:19:46","slug":"police-looking-for-unlicensed-driver-of-grey-ssangyong-car-in-tampines-hit-and-run-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30085","title":{"rendered":"Police looking for unlicensed driver of grey SsangYong car in Tampines hit-and-run, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Police are looking for an unlicensed driver after an hit-and-run accident at Simei on Friday (Feb 20) early morning.<\/p>\n<p>Videos shared on social media show thick plumes of smoke emerging from a grey SsangYong car mounted on the curb outside Changkat Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>Separate videos also show a police car and ambulance parked nearby.<\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the police said that they were alerted to the incident at around 1am, where a car is believed to have self-skidded along Simei Street 3.<\/p>\n<p>A 21-vear-old man was arrested at the scene for permitting<strong> <\/strong>another person to drive without a valid driving licence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the car had fled the scene before the police arrived, and efforts to locate him are underway, the police said.<\/p>\n<p>The Singapore Civil Defence Force told AsiaOne that one female passenger was assessed for minor injuries and that she declined to be sent to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone\/video\/7608878311829196033\" data-video-id=\"7608878311829196033\">\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@asiaone\" rel=\"noopener\">@asiaone<\/a> The police were alerted to an accident along Simei Street 3 at about 1am on Friday (Feb 20). A 21-year-old man was arrested for permitting another to drive without a valid driving licence. 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