{"id":91879,"date":"2026-10-10T19:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91879"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:58:22","slug":"cyclist-51-dies-in-boon-lay-accident-elderly-driver-arrested-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91879","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist, 51, dies in Boon Lay accident; elderly driver arrested, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 51-year-old male cyclist died after an accident in Boon Lay that led to the arrest of a 72-year-old male car driver.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened at about 6.40am on Friday (Oct 9) along Boon Lay Way towards Commonwealth Avenue West.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 72-year-old was later arrested for driving without due care and attention causing death.<\/p>\n<p>A picture of the aftermath seen by AsiaOne shows a bicycle with its front wheel visibly dented laid against the road divider fencing.<\/p>\n<p>A white sports utility vehicle (SUV) is seen stopped in the rightmost lane near the bicycle.<\/p>\n<p>Debris and marks are also seen on the road behind the SUV.<\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force stated that the cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The arrested male car driver is now assisting with ongoing police investigations.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:747003]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/boon-lay-accident-cyclist-dies-elderly-driver-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 51-year-old male cyclist died after an accident in Boon Lay that led to the arrest of a 72-year-old male car driver. The accident happened&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91880,"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-91879","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\/91879","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=91879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}