{"id":81316,"date":"2026-09-01T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81316"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:06:08","slug":"man-to-be-charged-with-driving-under-influence-of-etomidate-in-fatal-night-market-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81316","title":{"rendered":"Man to be charged with driving under influence of etomidate in fatal night market crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: A 41-year-old man will be charged on Wednesday (Sep 2) for allegedly driving under the influence of etomidate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/two-arrested-woman-died-night-market-circuit-road-5236691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing a night market stall attendant<\/a> when he lost control of his car.<\/p>\n<p>The police said on Tuesday they were alerted close to midnight on Jul 11, 2025, to an accident involving a car and a woman along Pipit Road, near Block 52A Circuit Road.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations found that the driver lost control of his car, which surged forward and crashed through a car park barrier, before crossing the two-lane Pipit Road, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt then mounted the kerb before colliding into a temporary night market stall along the roadside,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 66-year-old female stall attendant, who was at the stall at the time, was pronounced dead at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man did not render assistance to the stall attendant and abandoned the vehicle, fleeing the scene with another male passenger.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested the next day after the police identified him through ground inquiries and police cameras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigations further revealed that the man did not possess a valid driving licence and had used a vaporiser containing etomidate before driving,\u201d said SPF.<\/p>\n<p>His passenger had a valid driving licence and the car was rented using his account.<\/p>\n<p>However, no further action will be taken against the passenger as he died in an unrelated traffic accident, said the police.<\/p>\n<p>Photos posted on the Facebook page SGRV showed the aftermath of the incident, with a black GetGo car at the scene with debris strewn around it.<\/p>\n<p>In response to CNA\u2019s queries then, the car-sharing company confirmed that the 38-year-old passenger was a registered user.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old will be charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Driving under the influence of drugs\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous driving\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous driving causing death\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Driving without a valid driving licence\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Using vehicle without insurance coverage<\/li>\n<li>Failing to stop and provide particulars after an accident\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Failing to render assistance after accident<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Driving under the influence of drugs is &#8220;an extremely dangerous and irresponsible act&#8221; that puts the lives of all road users at grave risk, said SPF, adding that they would take firm action against motorists who did so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Motorists must not drive if they are under the influence of any substance that impairs their ability to drive safely.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/night-market-fatal-accident-etomidate-dangerous-driving-6354466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: A 41-year-old man will be charged on Wednesday (Sep 2) for allegedly driving under the influence of etomidate and killing a night market stall&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81317,"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-81316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81316","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=81316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}