PUBLISHED ONUPDATEDBYSean LerA 37-year-old female cyclist died after an accident in Katong that led to the arrest of a 47-year-old male tipper truck driver.
The accident happened at about 3.15pm on Wednesday (Nov 11) at the junction of Amber Road and Amber Gardens, next to the construction site of a condominium.
When AsiaOne arrived at the scene at around 5pm, a section of Amber Gardens was closed off to vehicles as Traffic Police officers carried out investigations.
A blue tent was placed over the cyclist's body, next to the tipper truck involved in the accident.
In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force stated that the female cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.
The police added that the tipper truck driver was arrested for driving without reasonable consideration causing death.
Police investigations are ongoing.
This is the second reported accident involving a cyclist on Nov 11. Earlier the same day, a 52-year-old male cyclist was injured after he was involved in an accident with a ComfortDelGro taxi.
According to statistics from the police, there were 772 accidents involving cyclists in 2025.
This is an increase from the 620 cases in 2024 and 581 in 2023.
Meanwhile, the number of fatal accidents involving cyclists rose from 13 cases in 2024, to 17 cases in 2025.
Police said more than half of the accidents involved cyclists riding in a disorderly manner or failing to keep a proper lookout.
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