Boy, 9, dashes across Moulmein Rd, car hits him

A nine-year-old boy was hit by a car when he dashed across Moulmein Road.

He was sent to hospital on Jul. 23 afternoon.

Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told Mothership they were alerted to the accident at the junction of Moulmein Road and Sinaran Drive at about 2pm.

The accident involved a car and a pedestrian, police said.

Boy hit by car while jaywalking

Footage taken by a car waiting to turn right onto Sinaran Drive and circulated online, showed a boy in a green uniform waiting at the central road divider.

There was an overhead bridge just ahead.

Two cars turned right before the car recording the scene came to a stop at the divider in front of the boy.

The jaywalking boy then darted across the road without checking for oncoming traffic on Moulmein Road.

As he ran, the boy noticed a grey Mitsubishi SUV driving towards him on the right-most lane and tried to avoid it, but failed.

The car collided with him and the boy fell onto the road.

The car came to a stop after the accident.

An elderly man in a white shirt got out of the car and was seen gesturing at the boy.

The boy also got up following the accident and ran towards a worried looking woman at the other side of the road.

Driver, 72, assisting with investigations

Police said the nine-year-old boy was conveyed conscious to the hospital.

SCDF said he was brought to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Police said a 72-year-old male car driver is assisting with investigations.

Police investigations are ongoing.

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