Telok Ayer 3-car drink driving accident: Woman, 25, hit while seated outside bar, dies 6 days later

A woman, 25, who was seated outside a bar in Amoy Street when a three-car accident happened on Oct. 17, has passed away.

She was with a 35-year-old man at the time.

Both of them were seated at the location near Cross Street in the Chinatown and Telok Ayer area.

Conscious when taken to hospital

They were conscious when they were taken to Singapore General Hospital, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said earlier.

The police were alerted to the accident at about 12:45am on Saturday morning.

In an update on Oct. 26, the police said the woman later died in hospital.

She reportedly died on Oct. 23.

What photos showed

Photos posted on Facebook showed a grey car lodged into the side of Far East Square, where restaurant bar Hutaoli is slated to open sometime before the end of 2026.

Another photo showed a blue car apparently perpendicular to the road.

A second grey car was seen parked by the side of the road.

Woman driving one of the cars arrested

A woman, 37, a driver of one of the cars, was arrested for drink driving.

She will be investigated for the offence of careless driving causing death under the influence of drink.

A man, 39, a driver of one of the cars, declined to be taken to hospital after sustaining minor injuries.

Investigations are ongoing.

Details about victim

According to Stomp, the victim is identified as Tan Mei Zhen, a restaurant manager at Birds of A Feather at Amoy Street, where she had been working for four years.

She was pronounced brain dead after undergoing surgery for half a day.

Tan had been engaged for almost five years and was going to get married in 2027.

She and her fiancé were getting a public housing flat.