Car runs red light at Race Course Rd during police pursuit, gets hit by vehicle, overturns

A driver was seen allegedly attempting to escape from the police at a junction in Little India and ran a red light.

However, the car was hit by an oncoming vehicle and overturned.

Video of incident

A video of the incident, shared by TikTok user @fa1_exe in the early hours of Nov. 7, showed the scene as it unfolded.

The car that overturned was a brown SUV.

It was seen going past the traffic junction near Farrer Park MRT station.

Police sirens could be heard as the vehicle apparently beat the red light.

A white car approached from the left and crashed into the back of the SUV.

The brown vehicle flipped and came to a stop along the road divider.

The police caught up to the car, and exited their patrol vehicles to approach the SUV on foot.

Wanted

In a Nov. 7 press release, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said they arrested the 33-year-old driver.

He was believed to have been responsible for a case of assault the previous day.

On Nov. 6, at 8:35pm, the police were alerted that a 33-year-old man had assaulted another man with a sharp object, causing him to sustain injuries.

The victim had to be sent to the hospital, while the offender fled in his vehicle.

A few hours later, at 12:05am on Nov. 7, patrolling officers along Tessensohn Road spotted the vehicle and signalled it to stop.

However, the driver sped off, and subsequently collided with another car and overturned at the junction of Race Course Road and Birch Road.

He was arrested and sent to Changi General Hospital.

The other car driver, 36, and his two female passengers, aged 26 and 42, were conveyed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in response to Mothership's queries.

The man will be charged in court on Nov. 7 with the offence of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means and failure to provide specimen of breath.

He will also be investigated for dangerous driving causing hurt.

If found guilty of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means, he could be imprisoned for up to seven years, fined, or caned, or receive a combination of the three.

For failure to provide specimen of breath could result in a jail term of up to six months, and a fine of not less than S$1,000 and not more than S$5,000.

The police said they have zero tolerance for "brazen acts of violence" and stressed that they will not hesitate to act against those who disregard the law.

They also reminded motorists to comply with lawful instructions from the police and to abide by traffic laws.