Police looking for unlicensed driver of grey SsangYong car in Simei hit-and-run

Police are looking for an unlicensed driver after an hit-and-run accident at Simei on Friday (Feb 20) early morning.

Videos shared on social media show thick plumes of smoke emerging from a grey SsangYong car mounted on the curb outside Changkat Primary School.

Separate videos also show a police car and ambulance parked nearby.

In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said that they were alerted to the incident at around 1am, where a car is believed to have self-skidded along Simei Street 3.

A 21-vear-old man was arrested at the scene for permitting another person to drive without a valid driving licence. 

The driver of the car had fled the scene before the police arrived, and efforts to locate him are underway, the police said.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force told AsiaOne that one female passenger was assessed for minor injuries and that she declined to be sent to the hospital.

Police investigations are ongoing.

@asiaone The police were alerted to an accident along Simei Street 3 at about 1am on Friday (Feb 20). A 21-year-old man was arrested for permitting another to drive without a valid driving licence. Police investigations are ongoing. #sgnews #Singapore #accident #road #traffic ♬ original sound - AsiaOne

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the location as Tampines in the headline. It is Simei. The error has been corrected.

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dana.leong@asiaone.com