Drink driver whose car struck cyclist in 2022 drove after consuming alcohol again in 2024
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Heng Zeng An, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of drink driving and one count of causing grievous hurt to the cyclist by driving without due care and attention.
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SINGAPORE – A drink driver whose car struck a cyclist at a traffic light junction in 2022 did not learn his lesson and drove again after consuming alcohol two years later.
The cyclist, who had the right of way at the time, suffered injuries including multiple abrasions and a rib fracture after he collided with Heng Zeng An’s car.
On April 7, 2026, Heng, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of drink driving and one count of causing grievous hurt to the cyclist by driving without due care and attention.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Chan Wayde told the court that Heng had consumed alcohol from 7.30pm to 10.30pm on Oct 25, 2022.
Despite this, he later decided to drive from Waterloo Street back to his home in Admiralty Drive.
Court documents stated that Heng was “voluntarily intoxicated” while he was driving a car along Sembawang Road around midnight.
He approached an intersection between Sembawang Road and Yishun Avenue 3, and did not stop when the traffic lights turned red. His car then collided with the 31-year-old victim, who was crossing the road on a power-assisted bicycle.
Traffic Police (TP) officers arrived at the scene and arrested Heng after he failed a breathalyser test.
As he was unwell, they took him to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) and obtained a sample of his blood. It was later found to contain at least 149mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
This was almost double the prescribed limit of 80mg of alcohol in the same amount of blood.
The victim was also taken to KTPH and given 10 days of hospitalisation leave.
Heng was released on bail but reoffended in 2024, the court heard.
He had consumed alcohol in Ah Hood Road, near Balestier Road, from around 9.30pm on July 5 that year, till the wee hours of the next day.
He later drove a friend to the latter’s residence in Bidadari Park Drive before making his way to his own home in Admiralty Drive.
Along the way, one of the tyres of his car had a puncture and the vehicle mounted a kerb. Heng then decided to drive to a workshop, but the car broke down along Bishan Street 22.
TP officers spotted it around 5am, and they arrested Heng after he failed a breathalyser test. They took him to the Police Cantonment Complex, and another test revealed that he had at least 47 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
The prescribed limit is 35mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
Heng’s mitigation and sentencing will take place on April 20.
