A 30-year-old local man whose driving licence has been suspended until September next year for drunk driving was allegedly involved in a traffic accident when his car collided with a motorcycle in Zape on Friday night, after which he fled the scene and arranged for a friend to “stand in” for him, according to a regular police press conference yesterday.
Addressing yesterday’s press conference at the Public Security Police (PSP) press room in Zape, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon said that until the end of yesterday’s press conference, the Public Security Police were still unable to contact the driver surnamed Chao, but arrested another 30-year-old local man, surnamed Ng, who was covering for him. Wong added that the former will face offences of driving with a suspended licence, hit-and-run, causing bodily harm by negligence, and abandoning the traffic accident victim.
The accident happened at about 11:30 p.m. on Friday, when Chao was driving in Rua de Malaca (馬六甲街) in the direction of Avenida Dr Rodrigo Rodrigues (羅理基博士大馬路) he allegedly suddenly switched lanes when entering the tunnel, causing the motorcycle to fall to the ground and the rider sustaining injuries, Wong quoted the PSP investigation as noting, adding that Chao got out of the car to check what had happened and soon got into his car and left.
However, according to Wong, while traffic police officers were handling the accident, Ng arrived at the scene in Chao’s car about 20 minutes later and told the police that he was the driver involved in the accident.
The Public Security Police subsequently confirmed that the driver was a different person as a result of a scrutiny of the police forces’ citywide CCTV camera system and the road surveillance system.
Ng has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for further investigation.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows the local man suspected of standing in for the driver involved in an accident who fled the scene after crashing into a motorcycle in Zape being escorted by a traffic police officer to the Traffic Police Department.
