{"id":42568,"date":"2026-04-08T01:43:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42568"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:43:36","slug":"drink-driver-whose-car-struck-cyclist-in-2022-drove-after-consuming-alcohol-again-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42568","title":{"rendered":"Drink driver whose car struck cyclist in 2022 drove after consuming alcohol again in 2024"},"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 drink driver whose car struck a cyclist at a traffic light junction in 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-charged-over-drink-driving-accident-in-2022-accused-of-drink-driving-again-in-2024?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">did not learn his lesson and drove again after consuming alcohol two years later<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The cyclist, who had the right of way at the time, suffered injuries including multiple abrasions and a rib fracture after he collided with Heng Zeng An\u2019s car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On April 7, 2026, Heng, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of drink driving and one count of causing grievous hurt to the cyclist by driving without due care and attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Deputy Public Prosecutor Chan Wayde told the court that Heng had consumed alcohol from 7.30pm to 10.30pm on Oct 25, 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Despite this, he later decided to drive from Waterloo Street back to his home in Admiralty Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Court documents stated that Heng was \u201cvoluntarily intoxicated\u201d while he was driving a car along Sembawang Road around midnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He approached an intersection between Sembawang Road and Yishun Avenue 3, and did not stop when the traffic lights turned red. His car then collided with the 31-year-old victim, who was crossing the road on a power-assisted bicycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Traffic Police (TP) officers arrived at the scene and arrested Heng after he failed a breathalyser test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">As he was unwell, they took him to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) and obtained a sample of his blood. It was later found to contain at least 149mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This was almost double the prescribed limit of 80mg of alcohol in the same amount of blood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The victim was also taken to KTPH and given 10 days of hospitalisation leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Heng was released on bail but reoffended in 2024, the court heard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He had consumed alcohol in Ah Hood Road, near Balestier Road, from around 9.30pm on July 5 that year, till the wee hours of the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He later drove a friend to the latter\u2019s residence in Bidadari Park Drive before making his way to his own home in Admiralty Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Along the way, one of the tyres of his car had a puncture and the vehicle mounted a kerb. Heng then decided to drive to a workshop, but the car broke down along Bishan Street 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">TP officers spotted it around 5am, and they arrested Heng after he failed a breathalyser test. They took him to the Police Cantonment Complex, and another test revealed that he had at least 47 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The prescribed limit is 35mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Heng\u2019s mitigation and sentencing will take place on April 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/drink-driver-whose-car-struck-cyclist-in-2022-drove-again-after-consuming-alcohol-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A drink driver whose car struck a cyclist at a traffic light junction in 2022 did not learn his lesson and drove again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}