Singapore-registered car pulls down petrol booth in Johor after driving off with pump in fuel door
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The incident allegedly occurred at about 10.15pm on Oct 18 at a petrol station in Jalan Skudai.
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A Singapore-registered car pulled down a petrol kiosk booth after driving away from the kiosk with the petrol pump still in the car.
This caused the station to temporarily shut down its operations, said a witness.
The incident allegedly occurred at about 10.15pm on Oct 18 at a petrol station in Jalan Skudai, Johor, according to a passenger of another car who captured photos and videos of the damage and posted them on Facebook.
Johor resident Chen Zi Xin said her parents were refuelling at the same station when a loud sound drew their attention to another kiosk ahead of them that had collapsed.
She said they saw a car several metres away from the kiosk with its fuel cover open and a petrol pump still in the vehicle.
In one video she posted, an employee is seen running towards a collapsed petrol booth in what appears to be a Shell petrol station as a man from the Singapore-registered car emerges from the vehicle.
Ms Chen, who posted the video, said her father saw the driver being waved down by a station employee to address the matter.
“We were afraid the station might explode and hurriedly drove away,” she told The Straits Times.
At least three other motorists at the kiosk had to abandon their petrol pumps as the station stopped operations temporarily, she said.
A Shell employee who was on shift during the incident said a police report was made, while the station has also contacted its insurance company, Shin Min Daily News reported.
The driver of the car, a Singaporean man, apologised repeatedly and was cooperative, staying at the petrol station until 3am, the employee added.
Johor Bahru’s Northern District police chief said on Oct 19 that the police were looking into the incident.
Investigations found that the 36-year-old Singaporean man did not replace a petrol pump into its nozzle after refuelling, causing damage to the pump, said Assistant Commissioner Balveer Singh.
For failing to control his car and causing an accident, the driver is facing a RM300 (S$92) fine in violation of the Road Traffic Act.
ST has contacted Shell Malaysia for more information.
