The 24-year-old male lorry driver was arrested for driving without reasonable consideration causing death, the police said, adding that investigations are ongoing. The 30-year-old motorcyclist was seen lying on its side in a yellow-box traffic junction with multiple cones set up near the crash site, with a motorcycle bearing a Malaysian license plate also spotted at the scene.
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The 24-year-old male lorry driver was arrested for driving without reasonable considerati…: The 24-year-old male lorry driver was arrested for driving without reasonable consideration causing death, the police said, adding that investigations are ongoing.
The 30-year-old motorcyclist was seen lying on its side in a yellow-box traffic junction…: The 30-year-old motorcyclist was seen lying on its side in a yellow-box traffic junction with multiple cones set up near the crash site, with a motorcycle bearing a Malaysian license plate also spotted at the scene.
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SINGAPORE – A 30-year-old male motorcyclist died in hospital after an accident with a lorry near West Coast Park on the morning of Oct 20.
In a media reply, the police said they were alerted to an accident involving a motorcycle and a lorry at the junction of West Coast Ferry Road and Harbour Drive at about 7.30am.
The motorcyclist was taken unconscious to hospital, where he later died.
The 24-year-old male lorry driver was arrested for driving without reasonable consideration causing death, the police said, adding that investigations are ongoing.
In photos of the incident circulating on social media, a motorcycle bearing a Malaysian licence plate can be seen lying on its side in a yellow-box traffic junction as passers-by look on from nearby.
Multiple cones are seen set up near the crash site to cordon off the area, with at least one police motorcycle also spotted at the scene.
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